Brian May recently was knighted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on march 14th. The guitarist of Queen received the honor for his musical contributions as well as his charity work.
May was announced as a recipient at the end of 2022 and at the time stated, “This is a kind of license, a kind of commission to carry on doing what I’m doing, and it gives me a bit more power to my elbow. So I’m very happy about that.”
After the ceremony May expressed his appreciation saying, “We’ve had various conversations over the years and I like to feel that we have a kind of friendship,” May said of his relationship with the king, that the two have “quite a lot in common.” “I have enormous respect for him. I think he’s been through some very difficult times and always behaved with incredible grace and dignity.”
When asked what Freddie Mercury would have thought of his honor he replied, “Freddie would love it, I think if he had been around, he would have been honored long ago. And very rightly so.”
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