Arise 'Sir Mick'; Rolling Stone Jagger Knighted

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Dec. 12 — LONDON (Reuters) - Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, once a scourge of the British establishment, received its ultimate accolade on Friday when he was knighted by heir to the throne Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

"It was all rather wonderfully formal," the 60-year-old rock n'roll lothario told reporters after the ceremony in which Charles tapped him lightly on each shoulder with a sword.

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Well, this has gotta be some kind of a goddamn milestone, eh? From a sharecropper jam to a roadhouse joint to Chicago, Liverpool, the Stones and finally the ranks of Knighthood, the blues has come some way in the last hundred years, no?

Congrats, Sir Mick!!


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