Actually I think Deliverance is correct......if memory serves Queens Regulations state that if you attain the rank of MAJ, LTCDR or SQNLDR (or above) you may elect to use it as a title and form of address for life.
Someone please dig up the exact wording?
LFittNI.......if you have 'issues' with it, or some sort of complex (?) the answer is clear. You should take it up with Her Majesty! (As you are clearly superior, witty and clever, Im sure you have a direct line?
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Tall poppy syndrome..... Why is this an issue worthy of a thread?