Sir Richard? Ex-Sen. Lugar to receive honorary knighthood

http://twitter.com/#!/KellyO/status/323805119370100737

This is not a drill.

The former U.S. Senator from Indiana will be named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in a ceremony tomorrow at the British Embassy in D.C.

Lugar will be knighted at the British Embassy in DC by Sir Peter Westmacott, British Ambassador to the U.S.

— jennifer bendery (@jbendery) April 15, 2013

Since he’s not a British citizen, he can’t technically be Sir Richard. But he might not mind it if you call him that.

Will the newly-knighted Lugar invite superfan José Canseco to a celebratory luncheon?

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Sir Richard? Ex-Sen. Lugar to receive honorary knighthood