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Sorry mates but there's one thing I have to know but I don't :oops: :innocent:
You can laugh on me but...
Please tell me what means "CBE"?
I mean, for example:
"Novelist and biographer Peter Ackroyd becomes a CBE after the success of his 800-page London: The Biography."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainme ... 616063.stm
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its an award given from the queen, basically for getting on a bit and having done something notable. allegedly.

we also have OBE's. they are a couple of steps down from being knighted.

i think the B.E. part stands for British Empire :?: :roll:
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Quiff Boy wrote:its an award given from the queen, basically for getting on a bit and having done something notable. allegedly.

we also have OBE's. they are a couple of steps down from being knighted.

i think the B.E. part stands for British Empire :?: :roll:
thanks :notworthy:
but what could be the "C"?
or how could i name it with other words - is he a nobleman now?
(sorry, this is absolutely not-sisters-related, i just have to finish an article about Ackroyd for tomorrow)
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Commander of the order of the British Empire
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Gary wrote:Commander of the order of the British Empire
thnx :notworthy:
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