Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Bill’s Most Excellent Knighthood

Opinion
Mar 3, 20051 min

First Camilla. Then Steven Gerrard’s own-goal in the Carling Cup. Now this. What is going on in the Mother Country?

So Bill is now a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. We’re getting a big “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” vibe here.

According to IDG News service: “Under a system established in 1917, Gates cannot use the title ‘Sir’ because he is not a U.K. subject, but he can write the letters KBE after his name.”

Those probably wouldn’t be the first three letters we’d put after Gates’ name.