Ringo Starr has been named a knight. The Beatles drummer was selected for knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in her 2018 New Year’s Honors list, along with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and the author Michael Morpurgo.
Mr. Starr, 77, receives the honor two decades after his fellow bandmate Paul McCartney. Mr. McCartney congratulated Mr. Starr in an Instagram post: “Sir Richard Starkey has a nice ring to it,” he wrote.
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