You have to be nominated via the government but the honour is given by the queen.
A person is made a knight or a dame of England by the reigning monarch through a ceremony known as "dubbing" or "investiture". This honor is typically bestowed upon individuals who have made significant contributions to society or the country.
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Dame is the same thing as a Knight is for a man, except when a woman is knighted in the United Kingdom, she is addressed as Dame whatever, just as a knight would be addressed as Sir Alexander, or Sir George, etc. Knighthoods are usually only given for very high acheivement, but probably sometimes for very high birth.
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Female Knight.
I should imagine the correct term,'for a female knight,' is DAME! Such a one is Dame Vera Lynn!
Sir is a knight or nobile man Dame is a noble woman
Dame Shirley Bassey was given this title by Queen Elizabeth II. Dame is the female equivalent of Knight or Sir.
Dame, a woman who has been fully inducted into one of the orders of Chivalry is addressed as Dame and her first name, Dame Margaret.
It's the female version of "sir," in reference to a knight.
Dame Kelly Holmes was born in Pembury, Kent, England.
No, dame schools are thought to have started in England as early as the 16th century.