Bill gates official title of princess
Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests..
The Foundation, co-chaired by Bill Gates, his wife, Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates Sr., has an endowment of billion dollars.
Bill Gates' honorary knighthood won't allow him use the title "Sir Bill". So what's the point in citizens of a proud republic taking titles they can't use?
Despite the queues of American tourists outside Buckingham Palace, a deep-rooted suspicion of the British monarchy is as American as mom and apple pie.
Bill Gates joins a long line of US luminaries to get a gong |
While many Americans are interested in the Royal Family, few would be very keen on becoming subjects of Her Majesty.
So why is Microsoft chairman Bill Gates - a proud American - going to accept a title from the British Queen?
Is there no conflict between the two?
Mary (born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; 5 February ) is Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Frederik X.He is by no means alone in doing so - before him have been Rudy Giuliani, Steven Spielberg, Bob Hope, Billy Graham, George Mitchell, Norman Schwarzkopf and George Bush senior.
None have the right to use the title "Sir".
None have been on one knee; none have been tapped on the shoulders with a sword (the ceremony called "dubbing"); non