Less than three months after Ringo Starr was knighted, a Beatle was back at England’s Buckingham Palace. Over 20 years after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth, on Friday (May 4th), Her Majesty awarded Paul McCartney the prestigious Order of the Companions of Honour for his services to music. The Independent reported: “The Order of the Companions of Honour was founded in 1917 and consists of the Queen and a maximum 65 other members. When one member dies another candidate can be selected.” Other recipients of Queen’s Honors included former English cricketer Clare Connor, who collected a CBE, former alpine skier Sarah Lewis, OBE, and Holocaust survivor Dr. Martin Stern, MBE.
Paul McCartney, was joined by wife Nancy Shevell, and issued a statement saying: “I see this as a huge honor for me and my family and I think of how proud my Liverpool mum and dad would have been to see this.”
