Bill Gates picks up honorary knighthood from Queen.
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will receive
an honorary Knighthood from the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony
at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
Gates has been awarded the title KBE, or Knight Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire, for his contribution to
enterprise, employment, education and the voluntary sector in the U. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]