is there a mechanism in place to have somebody stripped of their title , if found out to have acted illegally or at best highly immorally in his business dealings?
2007-01-10 04:03:25 · 5 answers · asked by serensdad 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
A knighthood (sir) or other lower honour (eg OBE) can be removed by royal decree.
To remove a peerage (lord) takes an act of parliament.
2007-01-10 04:08:18 · answer #1 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is apparently a committee dealing with these things. There was talk of stripping Mugabe of his honorary knighthood in 2003 of which I have not heard any more and there are moves underfoot to strip the Farepak boss of his following a situation of the kind you described. I suppose that if a decision is made to do this, the person concerned receives a letter ordering him to stop using his title and to return the physical accoutrements of his knighthood forthwith. http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1681472006
2007-01-10 04:22:24 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They stripped Prince Naz (the boxer) of his M.B.E so i'm sure knighthoods can be taken away.
2007-01-10 04:12:41 · answer #3 · answered by dontdoweekends 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they can still be hung...
I honestly heard this but cant confirm. I'm pretty sure no one that is a Sir would screw it up!
Dont worry im sure you'll be fine if you get knighted!
2007-01-10 04:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who dat? Do tell...
2007-01-12 02:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by PSAF 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋