Queen Elizabeth II presents Angelina Jolie with an insignia of honorary damehood at Buckingham Palace in 2014. Bush both received the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross shortly following their presidential terms of office for their support in British foreign affairs. President Ronald Reagan with the insignia of his honorary knighthood at Buckingham Palace in 1989 (© Martin Cleaver/AP Images) Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and former U.S. Eisenhower received an additional British Order of Merit a few years later and became president of the United States in 1953. Eisenhower was running the Allied campaign against the Germans in 1943, he received the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross, an order established by King George I in 1725 in recognition of military service or exemplary civilian merit. (© Ron Bell/Press Association/AP Images)įor example, Queen Elizabeth II in 2001 awarded the American evangelist Billy Graham with the Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his international contribution to religious life, enabling him to add the letters K.B.E. The Reverend Gerry Murphy, the church rector, is at far right. Graham had just preached at Sandringham Parish Church in England in 1984. Billy Graham (second left) with his wife, Ruth, and members of the British royal family including Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother. But they are entitled to add initials after their names that correspond to the particular distinctions bestowed upon them. Unlike their British counterparts, non-British recipients are not permitted to use the titles “Sir” or “Lady” in front of their names.
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