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Here's a list of all those stripped of their OBE's and other honours.
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It is and always was. The curiosity is that Lord Archer is still a peer. That's because it requires an Act of Attainder or some such to remove him from the peerage. That dates back to the days when there weren't life peers and only peers could decide who should remain in their number, and the monarch's powers were restricted. Indeed , from memory, even the King did not remove the title itself; he only removed the lord's lands and/or his life,even when the King had his greatest power.
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Yeah Mikey I think there was a change of rules - just to make things clear.
Altho I think le petomane's gong (given my Edw VII as P of W and drunk) was claimed back by the British Consul later
There was a lot of discussion about Anthony Blunts knighthood after he had been unmasked as a Russian spy. Denning in the seventies took the view that some of these were like an arrow being shot - and so couldn't be recalled - but now I think the honours are conferred on sufferance (of good behaviour).
There is a similar thing with some degrees - if you dont pay your yearly moolah you cant write the degree after you name . But they had to change the system and so the older generation could keep using their degrees without paying - obviously they would all eventually die.....
Yeah Mikey I think there was a change of rules - just to make things clear.
Altho I think le petomane's gong (given my Edw VII as P of W and drunk) was claimed back by the British Consul later
There was a lot of discussion about Anthony Blunts knighthood after he had been unmasked as a Russian spy. Denning in the seventies took the view that some of these were like an arrow being shot - and so couldn't be recalled - but now I think the honours are conferred on sufferance (of good behaviour).
There is a similar thing with some degrees - if you dont pay your yearly moolah you cant write the degree after you name . But they had to change the system and so the older generation could keep using their degrees without paying - obviously they would all eventually die.....
It all started or re-started when Edw VIII paid for advice from a famous lawyer called Jowett about whether his Brudda George VI cd name him a Duke and not en-noble his wife - notorious Yank Wallis Simpson.
Jowett said once one abdicated, you went back to being whatever you were before - in this case Duke of Cornwall and Prince of the Realm and as such, one's wife was a Princess - [simples. 25/- please]
and so one can imagine that when Jowett became Lord Chancellor in 1952 there was a knock on the door and a dring-dring on the blower ......
and he gave another (dissentient) opinion that the King or Queen was the font of all honours and really if his or her Maj said.......
Jowett said once one abdicated, you went back to being whatever you were before - in this case Duke of Cornwall and Prince of the Realm and as such, one's wife was a Princess - [simples. 25/- please]
and so one can imagine that when Jowett became Lord Chancellor in 1952 there was a knock on the door and a dring-dring on the blower ......
and he gave another (dissentient) opinion that the King or Queen was the font of all honours and really if his or her Maj said.......
The list is interesting - everything from dangerous driving to sexual assault - but the majority are for fraud, which the establishment takes far more seriously than damage to individuals.
I still don't see how Lord Archer retained his peerage after his nonsense - friends in high places perhaps? Or does he know where the bodies are buried.
Speaking of which, John Prescott was enobled after his dodgy behaviour came to light, so the system does not appear to follow any code of conduct.
I still don't see how Lord Archer retained his peerage after his nonsense - friends in high places perhaps? Or does he know where the bodies are buried.
Speaking of which, John Prescott was enobled after his dodgy behaviour came to light, so the system does not appear to follow any code of conduct.
but it comes down to who "they" are in this instance. Presumably to change the rules you'd have to get a whole new law passed, and people would wonder if something that was purely aimed at Jeffrey Archer wasn't a waste of parliamentary time.
There may be some obscure law still on the books that requires him to prove his honour on the field of battle against the king's champion... I'd pay to watch that.
There may be some obscure law still on the books that requires him to prove his honour on the field of battle against the king's champion... I'd pay to watch that.
// people would wonder if something that was purely aimed at Jeffrey Archer wasn't a waste of parliamentary time. //
It wouldn't be though. It would be bringing the peerage in line with the way other hours are dealt with.
Having said that, even it it was purely aimed at Archer, I'd still argue it was a good use of parliamentary time.
It wouldn't be though. It would be bringing the peerage in line with the way other hours are dealt with.
Having said that, even it it was purely aimed at Archer, I'd still argue it was a good use of parliamentary time.
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