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Michael Bloomberg Awarded Honorary Knighthood By Queen Elizabeth II
The British government said Monday that Bloomberg was made "an Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" in recognition of his "prodigious entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors" and his work to strengthen trans-Atlantic ties.