Bono receives British khighthood · 2007-03-30 12:27
Irish rock star Bono received an honorary British knighthood on Thursday to recognize of his services to the music industry and for his collective humanitarian work.
“I couldn’t be more proud,” the U2 singer said at a ceremony at the British ambassador’s residence in Dublin, reported Reuters.
“I would like to thank Her Majesty’s ambassador for pinning this award on me in my hometown, and the band for not bursting my balloon,” he said in remarks carried on U2’s website.
The singer is now a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or KBE.
As Bono is an Irishman, he will not be able to use the title ‘Sir’. That honor is reserved for citizens of the United Kingdom or British Commonwealth countries. Ireland left the Commonwealth when it became a republic in 1949.
Accompanying the rocker were his wife, Ali, and their four children Jordan, 17, Eve, 15, Elijah, 7, and John, 5. U2 guitarist The Edge and bassist Adam Clayton also attended.
John was disappointed that his dad wasn’t presented with a light saber, said Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson. “He thought I was becoming a Jedi.”
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