Sir Stephen Fry ‘chuffed to the heavens’ to receive knighthood

By Helen Williams:

*[…] Speaking after Tuesday’s ceremony at Windsor Castle where he was watched by his husband Elliott Spencer, mother Marianne and sister Joanna, Sir Stephen, 67, said: “I am very chuffed. I am chuffed to the heavens, to the high walls of the castle.”*

*[…] Sir Stephen has been president of the charity Mind since 2011 and since 2009 has been vice-president of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International.*

*On whether the knighthood will help him progress his charity efforts, he joked: “Whether the knighthood helps in that sense, I don’t know.*

*“Some people are glamourised by these things but if it gives me an extra ability to pound a table and suggest some law changes or things like that, then that is a marvellous advantage, no question.*

*“Maybe in that case they should make me a duke, that would be even more impressive.”*

*[…] Sir Stephen has written three volumes of his autobiography: Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me, and four novels: The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls, with some of his recently published works including Mythos, Heroes, Troy and Odyssey.*

Surprised it took this long given the work he’s done for gay rights, mental health issues, etc. over the years and his general good standing with the public. He was quite important in ramping up discussion about men’s mental health in this country with his bipolar documentary and his work with Mind.

I know he’s not without his controversies but I would have thought it was a bit of a no-brainer to knight him even 10 years ago.

TBH I’d knight him for Blackadder series 4 alone.

Member of the establishment receives establishment trinket shocker.

Any honorific indicates the recipient is anything but trustworthy.

Kind of wierd he wasn’t already knighted for few decades.

A lot of people wondering why this didn’t happen before. IIRC, Fry himself theorized that he would never receive the honor because he admitted to having done coke in the Buckingham palace.

Good on him tho, he deserves it more than most.

I may be wrong, but wasn’t he previously a vocal republican? Would explain why it has taken so long for him to recieve a knighthood.

Fry, like many, has been dead to me since I became aware of his repugnant pro zionist views. Fantastic actor but a weak and amoral man imo. This ‘award’ from Savilles best friend would seem to suggest he might be a nonce too, so yeah ‘National treasure’ 🤮