Bono adds 'knight' to glittering CV

U2 singer Bono will now be able to add ‘knight’ to his already impressive CV, after being awarded the title on Thursday in Dublin. As a non-resident of the UK, the artist formerly known as Paul David Hewson cannot take the title of Sir; though he can now call himself Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

The ceremony was held at the home of David Reddaway, Ireland’s British Ambassador and the Queen’s representative in the Emerald Isle. Bono jokingly requested to be referred to as ‘his demigodness’ as U2 bandmates The Edge and Adam Clayton looked on, with wife Ali and his four children also in attendance. Five-year-old son John was allegedly under the impression his father was becoming a Jedi Knight.