Queen to knight record-breaking UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday

 

FILE PHOTO: Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses after he continued to raise money for health workers, by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Captain Tom Moore, who became a national hero in Britain after raising more than 33 million pounds ($40 million) for health workers in the run-up to his 100th birthday, is to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth on Friday, Buckingham Palace said.

 

The World War Two veteran raised the record sum for the National Health Service by painstakingly completing 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in April.

 

The following month it was announced he would become “Sir Tom” after a special nomination from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

 

Although other investitures have been postponed because of the coronavirus, Buckingham Palace said the ceremony would take place on Friday at Windsor Castle where the 94-year-old monarch has been sheltering during the COVID-19 pandemic with her husband Prince Philip, 99.

 

The palace said the ceremony would take place in private with Moore accompanied by members of his family.

 

“I hope she’s not very heavy handed with the sword,” Moore quipped when the knighthood was announced. The palace said the queen would be using a sword which belonged to her father, George VI.

 

Elizabeth made her first public appearance last month since a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March, but she has delivered a number of rallying messages to the nation and appeared in video conference calls with care workers and members of the military.

 

The knighthood bestowed on Moore is his latest honour, having been made an honorary colonel and an honorary member of the England cricket team for his 100th birthday.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-07-15

 

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Excellent. All stand by Sir Tom. A well derserved knighthood.

A well deserved honour, a hero in the second world war, a hero at 100 years old.

Arise Sir Tom.... the British people salute you.

Brilliant news, well done Sir Tom!!

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

A well deserved honour, a hero in the second world war, a hero at 100 years old.

Arise Sir Tom.... the British people salute you.

 

 

+1  

 

 

Very well deserved.

Well done sir and kudos to your queen for bestowing this honor and bringing a bit of unity and goodness In thease dark days you brits are double blessed imo

In these troubled times, whether or not they are real or imagined, Her Majesty says & does the right thing.

 

If you disagree, please, do not post in this thread.

 

 

A Queen, at home, in the country she reigns in... Doing her best to rally her people.

 

Well done Your Majesty, leadership at its best.

 

Well done Tom. Richly deserved.

Colonel Tom surely.

A bunch of off-topic / troll /flame posts have been removed.

 

This topic is NOT about the "need" for royalty, peers etc. It is about a man who is getting recognition for selfless acts both in the distant past and this year.

 

 

i'm wondering what has happened to  all the money he has raised ? ....Google tells you nothing too 

7 minutes ago, actonion said:

i'm wondering what has happened to  all the money he has raised ? ....Google tells you nothing too 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52758683 

 

Most deserved knighthood in years... Respect to Sir Tom