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What does the queen say to the person being knighted during the ceremony?

Yes, in general, nothing.

We read an excerpt from the materials of the official website of the British monarchy, www.royal.gov.uk:

"... after the announcement of his name, the one who is knighted kneels on a special bench in front of the Queen, which first touches the knight's right shoulder with the blade of the naked sword, then the left shoulder. .." are not pronounced at the same time), and the Queen endows the knight with the emblem of the order that is assigned to him (a star or a badge, depending on the order). By tradition, when members of the clergy are knighted, the sword is not laid on, because it does not correspond to the vocation of the initiates.

The actual meaning of the English word accolade (Praise, approval; source accolade (rite of passage to a knighthood).) is "a greeting, a hug, etc. as one of the moments of the medieval rite of knighthood." It comes from the Latin ad, "to", and collum, "neck", that is, "an embrace around the neck."

Once upon a time, there was also a ceremony associated with the deprivation of a knighthood - degradation, that is, "demotion". The last demolition ceremony took place in 1621, when Sir Francis Mitchell was found guilty of "cruel requisitions". His spurs were publicly broken and trampled into the mud, his belt was cut, and his sword was broken over his head. In conclusion, the guilty person was officially declared "no longer a knight, but a swindler and a rogue."

Unlike Lord Kagan (who was behind bars on charges of theft in 1980), Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mair never underwent an initiation ceremony, and therefore he did not have to endure a demolition ceremony. He, of course, retained a life peerage, but the example of Archer prompted the English Parliament to reform - so far, however, has not been implemented - according to which a convicted criminal should be deprived of the right to participate in the meetings of the House of Lords.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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