Sir Patrick Stewart

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 31, 2009 @01:58AM from the welcome-to-the-holiday dept.

david.emery was one of a few folks who noted that Patrick Stewart can now be referred to as Sir Captain as he will be knighted by the Queen. This should bring balance to any future X-Men movies.

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Pedantic, but... by tomtomtom · 2009-12-31 02:00 · Score: 5, Informative

The correct order to put the two in would be "Captain Sir", not "Sir Captain"
1. Re:Pedantic, but... by tverbeek · 2009-12-31 02:37 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  And to be further pedantic, he's not really a captain, so "Captain Sir" isn't actually appropriate. Appropriate forms of address would also include "Sir Patrick", and "Sir Patrick Stewart", but not "Sir Stewart".
  
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Re:Abolishment? by TheRaven64 · 2009-12-31 02:14 · Score: 2, Informative

I'm not sure what your point is, given that the queen just rubber stamps the honours list; it's prepared by the Prime Minister. As to the point of the monarch, I thought she was there to veto insane government legislation, but when she signed RIPA I realised that she was just a waste of taxpayers' money.

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More pedantic, but... by varn_ix · 2009-12-31 02:17 · Score: 2, Informative

...technically, OBE does not admit an individual into knighthood automatically, only KBE and GBE do.
1. Re:More pedantic, but... by jrumney · 2009-12-31 03:31 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  He was awarded an OBE in 2001. Today's knighthood was the real thing.
Re:Obligatory by TheRaven64 · 2009-12-31 02:19 · Score: 4, Informative

Neither is Bill Gates, but he was knighted. Patrick Stewart, however, almost certainly didn't get his award for being on Star Trek. He was a member of the RSC for a long time before he was Piccard and his recent performance of Hamlet was sold out over its entire run a long time before it started, and was also televised by the BBC on Christmas day.

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Re:Obligatory by TempeTerra · 2009-12-31 02:33 · Score: 3, Informative

For those in the UK, it is available on BBC iPlayer until January 2. linky.

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Re:er what? by pjt33 · 2009-12-31 02:37 · Score: 2, Informative

No. Knights are always Sir + first name.
Re:Obligatory by Ma8thew · 2009-12-31 02:41 · Score: 4, Informative

Bill Gates was not knighted, he was given an honorary knighthood (so he is not entitled to use Sir in front of his name).
Re:Abolishment? by dkleinsc · 2009-12-31 02:57 · Score: 4, Informative

Actually, a major reason the Brits keep the monarchy around is that it makes about as much in tourism as it costs them. It's not just silly tradition.
That and you can give people cool titles, which by contrast the US Constitution strictly forbids.

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Re:I now dub thee night by jo42 · 2009-12-31 02:59 · Score: 2, Informative

night
In English We spell it with a 'K', so "I now dub thee Knight" is correct (but We don't pronounce the "K" -- go figure).
Re:Vacuous Star Trek? Not Stewart. by bds1986 · 2009-12-31 04:05 · Score: 2, Informative

the episode where he lived an entire life in another planet and learned to play the flute (can't remember the name.)
"The Inner Light" was the episode you're looking for. Wikipedia has a complete list in case you weren't already aware:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_TNG_episodes
My personal favourite was "Darmok", the one where he's abducted and trapped on a planet with an alien he can't communicate with. I won't spoil it for you in case you haven't seen it, but it's a truly moving performance by Stewart IMHO.
Re:Obligatory by master_p · 2009-12-31 04:09 · Score: 2, Informative

But for us common folks, Picard was his most interesting work.
Re:From an American Point of View by Anonymous Coward · 2009-12-31 05:04 · Score: 2, Informative

She is the Queen of Canada, Australia, and the UK
...New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
An interesting point is that as she's queen independently in each of the realms, theoretically even if the UK abolished the monarchy she could just up and settle somewhere else retaining all the other territories.
Re:From an American Point of View by derGoldstein · 2009-12-31 05:11 · Score: 2, Informative

Perhaps it's like Captain Carrot - a king should remain hidden in the background
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Re:From an American Point of View by Xaedalus · 2009-12-31 06:23 · Score: 2, Informative

I don't believe that's true of Elizabeth. Charles... maybe, but not his sons William or Henry. From what little I know, Elizabeth's a very formidable politician. She learned from Churchill himself, and I'm sure has passed on her savvy and expertise to Charles (who has shown he's not worthy of it) and to William and Henry (both of whom I think have absorbed their lessons far better). I can see how the armies of the Queen would support her against the parliament should Parliament ever truly screw things up.

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