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Old 21-05-2020, 06:26   #13
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Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities

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Originally Posted by Paul View Post
Really ? A knighthood ?
What he raised is fantastic, but all he did was walk around a garden.
The rest is really down to luck - the media picked up on him very early, and thus it snow-balled wildly.
Great job yes, fantastic amount of money, but deserving of a knighthood, I dont really think so.
He walked around a garden at 99yrs of age. I hope you can do that when you get there. At least he has earned the respect of the nation.
How many others who have been Knighted have actually done that?
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