Queen guitarist Brian May has received a knighthood in honor of his services to music and charity
May, 75, was one of over 1,000 people honored on King Charles III’s first honors list since the monarch took the throne. The end-of-year list also includes fashion designer Mary Quant and Ghanaian-British artist John Akomfrah. The 2023 list of honors was published in The Gazette, the official newspaper published by the British royal family, on Friday. May received the title of Knight Bachelor for his “services to Music and to Charity.
” In addition to performing with Queen since the 1970s, May is also an astrophysicist. He received his PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 after taking a break from his studies in the 1970s to focus on Queen. May is also a vocal supporter of animal rights and critic of hunting. He formed an organization called Save Me in 2010 to campaign against fox hunting and badger culling in the UK. May isn’t the only member of Queen to receive a royal title.
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