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gbh
28th Apr 2006, 21:34
Next time you folk at London get asked by the inbound Delta:

"In his letter, Mr Chapman, the secretary of appointments at 10 Downing Street, said: "The Prime Minister may not recommend posthumous awards to the Order of the British Empire. I can assure you that this rule has not changed and that there is no truth in newspaper reports that a knighthood is to be bestowed on the late George Harrison."
That opinion was reiterated by a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office yesterday.
"The rules state that posthumous honours are only awarded for acts of valour. There are absolutely no plans to change that and we have never indicated that there are," she said."

Makes a change from being asked the football score!