Finally, the end of 'the British empire' - and maybe an honours system a modern country can live with | Hugh Muir

By The Guardian | Nov 4, 2024 at 06:03 AM EST

Prominent figures like Benjamin Zephaniah and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown have rejected state honors due to their association with Britain's colonial past. King Charles is considering renaming OBEs to remove the empire reference, opening honors to more recipients.

Did you find this insightful?

Bad

Just Okay

Amazing

We are preparing, please wait

New Alert

Select an alert type

Sentiment Spike

Send email alert if news sentiment changes significantly

Mentions Spike

Send email alert if has a surge in mentions

Choose sentiment spike or mentions spike or both to receive email alerts and app notification for the selected stock.
Note: Please be aware that you will receive an email only once a day, around 8:00 AM (EST), in the event of any spike.
In future if you don't want to receive any email then delete stocks added into alert section.