charles wrote
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote
Andy Cap wrote

Giving awards like Sir and Lord for getting a Gold
medal IS ridiculous, the medal should suffice.

I agree. Mind you, the sporting knighthood goes back a ways.

and it doesn't cost the state anything.

It does cost the state quite a bit to work out who to give them to and who
don’t qualify.

As am American classmate said to me "what a wonderful
idea, at home we have to give them money."

Nope, you don’t have to give them a damned thing.