Bill Gates gets knighted by the Queen
 

The king of computer software Bill Gates has received an honorary knighthood from the Queen.

Mr Gates, 48, the world's wealthiest man, said it was "a great honour" to be recognised for his business skills and for his work on poverty reduction. The Queen had spoken to him about using computers, he said after a private audience with her. As an American citizen he cannot use the title "Sir" but will be entitled to put the letters KBE after his name.

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The entrepreneur was handed an insignia to make him a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was joined at Buckingham Palace by wife Melinda. "It's not as natural [using computers] for the Queen as it is for young people," he said. "She was very nice. "We talked about using computers, and the foundation, and about her travels and ours." The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is currently working on a global health programme in the developing world. Mrs Gates said: "We talked a lot about the developing world - it was very engaging."

News source: BBC News | UK

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good for him... that's truly an honor..

the queen hit it
:1orglaugh

That is stupid.

I am Sir Heron from now on.

Good for him. He's #1 on Slates Top 60 philanthropists for around $3.4 billion in charitable contributions.

For a guy who stole WIMP (Windows Icon Mouse Pointer) from Xerox.... he has done very well.

L$

I respect Bill Gates and his support in helping poverty of the entire world. It's really an honor.

"Other Americans who have received the KBE include former president George Bush Senior, former Mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani and film director Steven Spielberg."

Maybe I dont understand this because I am not english, nor have I ever done any research on the matter, but werent knights brave warriors? So shouldnt the honor of becoming a knight only be given to those that have shown themselves worthy in battle? I certainly know that people like Bill Gates and Elton John dont deserve to be knights. Ridiculous.

Good for Mr. Gates.

Bill's da man! Congrats to him on Knighthood :)

Fuck the queen !! :321GFY