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It is a title given by the monarch of the UK (currently Elizabeth II) when she makes a man a knight in return for service to the crown or, more recently, the country. Honorary knighthoods can be given to foreigners (Bob Geldof has one), but they are not allowed to be called 'Sir'.

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