Oscar-winning Star Wars composer John Williams and Disney CEO Bob Iger honour's were made public on Friday 🎖
The news was revealed on Friday by the UK Government’s official website, which stated that Her Majesty had approved all of the honorary British awards to foreign nationals earlier this year.
Honorary knighthoods are appointed to citizens of nations where the monarch is not head of state, permitting use of post-nominal letters but not the title of Sir or Dame. Iger, who served as chairman and CEO of Disney for 15 years from 2005 to 2020, received his for services to UK/US relations.Bob Iger is one of Hollywood’s biggest movers and shakers, and was linked to Williams through Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm
The businessman wrote on Twitter: ‘It is one of the great honours of my life to have the honorary Knight of the British Empire conferred on me by Queen Elizabeth II before she passed.
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