Roald Dahl - Political Scandals

The Devil is in the dog owner (pic: DM) . . THERE are a lot of drooling, snarling, dangerous animals sniffing around our parks and streets - and...

Receiving an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers. . But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret...

The author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among more than 250 people who turned down honours from the Queen between 1951 and 1999 ...

British authorities have released a list of the more than 250 people who rejected royal honors over the past half century.. . The Cabinet Office's ...

FILM director Alfred Hitchcock, author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among the people who have snubbed honours from the British monarch ...

Writ large ... Thames TV's version of Roald Dahl's The BFG. Photograph: FremantleMedia Ltd/Rex Feature . Why write a letter when a Facebook status...

Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among the famous faces who have previously rejected honours from...

"From Lucian Freud to Roald Dahl, creative talents have long been rejecting honours from the Queen. But why? Maybe they just don t want to be part...

Every year in Britain, hundreds of people are awarded an OBE, CBE or knighthood in the New Year or Birthday Honours list. But not everybody is...

Ian Rankin is the author of the bestselling Inspector Rebus series, which ended in 2007 with the publication of Exit Music. The Scottish crime...

Topic: Roald Dahl

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List of honours rebels published

UK forced to list people who rejected royal honors

Hitchcock, Dahl snubbed British honours

Roald Dahl and the dream letter

Alfred Hitchcock - Alfred Hitchcock And Roald Dahl Turned Down Queen's Honours

Why Do Artists Decline Royal Honors?

Dahl, Hitchcock, Freud: UK Reveals Those who Refused Honors From the Queen

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