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Winston Spencer Churchill was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on April 24th 1953 at Windsor Castle.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1988
John Kirwan
Bob Geldof was knighted in 1986 by Queen Elizabeth II
in 1998, Queen Elizabeth II made him a knight
Queen Elizabeth 1
elizabeth the II
Queen Elizabeth the 1st
Elizabeth the First
Yes there has to be record of every person knighted by queen Elizabeth.
No. Tony Blair proposed knighting George Harrison after his death, but nothing came of it.
For the same reason Paul McCartney is known as "Sir": He was knighted by the Queen (a different queen in each case, of course; Elizabeth II isn't that old).