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Queen to knight record-breaking UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday

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Reuters
15 July, 2020, 03:55 pm
Last modified: 15 July, 2020, 05:27 pm

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Queen to knight record-breaking UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday

The World War Two veteran raised the record sum for the National Health Service by painstakingly completing 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in April

Reuters
15 July, 2020, 03:55 pm
Last modified: 15 July, 2020, 05:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
FILE PHOTO: Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

Captain Tom Moore, who became a national hero in Britain after raising more than 33 million pounds ($40 million) for health workers in the run-up to his 100th birthday, is to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth on Friday, Buckingham Palace said.

The World War Two veteran raised the record sum for the National Health Service by painstakingly completing 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in April.

The following month it was announced he would become "Sir Tom" after a special nomination from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Although other investitures have been postponed because of the coronavirus, Buckingham Palace said the ceremony would take place on Friday at Windsor Castle where the 94-year-old monarch has been sheltering during the Covid-19 pandemic with her husband Prince Philip, 99.

The palace said the ceremony would take place in private with Moore accompanied by members of his family.

"I hope she's not very heavy handed with the sword," Moore quipped when the knighthood was announced. The palace said the queen would be using a sword which belonged to her father, George VI.

Elizabeth made her first public appearance last month since a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March, but she has delivered a number of rallying messages to the nation and appeared in video conference calls with care workers and members of the military.

The knighthood bestowed on Moore is his latest honour, having been made an honorary colonel and an honorary member of the England cricket team for his 100th birthday.

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