Ringo Starr is knighted by Prince William on March 20, 2017 at Buckingham Palace.Yui Mok/PA Images/INSTARimages.com
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was knighted by Prince William on Tuesday — and the former Beatle joked that he would wear the insignia “at breakfast.”
After receiving the honor from William — who stood in for his grandmother, 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth, in handing out awards at Buckingham Palace — Starr, 77, told reporters of the new title, “It’s new, and I don’t know how you use it properly.”
He turned to one BBC reporter and quipped, “But I expect you to use it.”
Starr, whose real name is Richard Starkey, was rewarded for his services to music after a career of more than 50 years, most notably changing pop music around the world alongside fellow Beatles Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. He admitted to feeling “a bit shaky today on my own” at the palace ceremony without his bandmates.
Why is the narrator of Thomas the Train worthy of being “knighted” in England? SURE he was good in it……..
What? He was in what band? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I’d bone his wife tho for sure !