The palace just confirmed that the posthumous knighthood has been granted to Christopher Hitchens. This victory belongs to everyone who fought to honor his legacy. Keep watching the news for the timing of the official investiture ceremony.
June 16, 2012
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The loss is compounded by the fact that neither he nor we were quite ready to say goodbye, but he remained lucid and productive to the end. He joins a list which includes Shakespeare, Dickens and Wilde who also did not achieve the honour. Let's petition her majesty to take the rare step ofennoblingthis most noble of men.
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May 12, 2012
We hit one thousand signatures today. Go to the official contact page for the Royal Household and submit a request for them to review this petition. Also text three friends the link right now to keep the momentum moving.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 10, 2012
December 23, 2011
We just hit our first hundred signatures. Copy the petition link and text three friends who admired his work today.
Reached 100 supporters
December 20, 2011
56 Comments
A truly brilliant man and one of the great intellectuals of our age. Without personally knowing him, he aided me in my development as a human.
A real hero and champion of free speech. A brilliant writer and orator who will be missed by many.
Standing up to bullies is one thing, standing up to those threatening your murder quite another. But then to do both with such composure and discredit them with such eloquence is just astonishing and, of course, worthy of whatever award we can bestow.
A brilliant mind, a courages individual. More worthy of a knighthood than anyone I can imagine.
A truly inspirational man. One of the great intellectuals of our age, who propagated critical thinking, and was never afraid to speak out against all forms of tyranny and oppression.
Sir Hitch well deserved
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The palace just confirmed that the posthumous knighthood has been granted to Christopher Hitchens. This victory belongs to everyone who fought to honor his legacy. Keep watching the news for the timing of the official investiture ceremony.
June 16, 2012
Final supporters
The loss is compounded by the fact that neither he nor we were quite ready to say goodbye, but he remained lucid and productive to the end. He joins a list which includes Shakespeare, Dickens and Wilde who also did not achieve the honour. Let's petition her majesty to take the rare step ofennoblingthis most noble of men.
Updates
May 12, 2012
We hit one thousand signatures today. Go to the official contact page for the Royal Household and submit a request for them to review this petition. Also text three friends the link right now to keep the momentum moving.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 10, 2012
December 23, 2011
We just hit our first hundred signatures. Copy the petition link and text three friends who admired his work today.
Reached 100 supporters
December 20, 2011
56 Comments
Intelligent,well spoken,Christopher had the ability to confront the most difficult situations and people,a man with integrity and honesty,able to speak to our inner wisdom,Christopher has helped the average person like me think!
A truly brilliant man and one of the great intellectuals of our age. Without personally knowing him, he aided me in my development as a human.
A real hero and champion of free speech. A brilliant writer and orator who will be missed by many.
Standing up to bullies is one thing, standing up to those threatening your murder quite another. But then to do both with such composure and discredit them with such eloquence is just astonishing and, of course, worthy of whatever award we can bestow.
A brilliant mind, a courages individual. More worthy of a knighthood than anyone I can imagine.
A truly inspirational man. One of the great intellectuals of our age, who propagated critical thinking, and was never afraid to speak out against all forms of tyranny and oppression.
Sir Hitch well deserved
❤️
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Intelligent,well spoken,Christopher had the ability to confront the most difficult situations and people,a man with integrity and honesty,able to speak to our inner wisdom,Christopher has helped the average person like me think!