http://blogs.msdn.com/tjlau/archive/2005/03/01/382529.aspxMicrosoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates ( news - web sites ) will be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth Wednesday for his outstanding contribution to enterprise. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050301/us_nm/people_gates_den-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/tjlau/archive/2005/03/01/382529.aspx#382597Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:49:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:382597David BetzRule! This man needs to be more than just knighted. He is the savior of western civilization and the king of the war against the technological rebel armies(i.e. Linux, Perl, losers), and for those two things along he deserves this. It's a shame the U.S. doesn't have something similar.http://blogs.msdn.com/tjlau/archive/2005/03/01/382529.aspx#382647Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:56:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:382647Derick BaileyNope, he's not royalty and not even allowed to be called "Sir" Bill Gates. Only citizens of the British Empire are allowed to use the title "Sir". His title will simply be William Gates III, KBE (Knight of the British Empire)http://blogs.msdn.com/tjlau/archive/2005/03/01/382529.aspx#382663Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:21:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:382663VishyPerhaps you meant nobility or aristocracy rather than royalty. Royalty refers to the royal family only.