While not the freshest news on the block, it certainly is the piece of news that’s made me happiest these past few days.
He has played kings, princes, captains and mutant professors both on stage and on the silver screen, but now Patrick Stewart has a new title that he can rightfully call his own. He is now a Sir.
Sir Patrick Stewart, who most of our readers will know either as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation or as Charles Xavier from the X-men series, has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his long career in film and theater. Says Sir Patrick:
This is an honor that embraces those actors, directors and creative teams who have in these recent years helped fill my life with inspiration, companionship and sheer fun.
Personally, I think it’s a little bit strange that this hadn’t happened already. For some reason, I had assumed that the Yorkshireman was knighted years ago, but apparently not.
Set your phasers to congratulate!