The guitarist with long curly hair had notably played the national anthem “God Save the Queen” perched on the roof of Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Elizabeth II in 2002.
Brian May, guitarist of the rock group Queen, is one of some 1,000 personalities to have been distinguished Friday by Charles III on the occasion of the traditional royal promotions granted for the new year.
The guitarist, recognizable among a thousand with his long curly hair, notably played the national anthem “God Save the Queen” perched on the roof of Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Elizabeth II’s reign in 2002. He had already been knighted by the monarch in 2005.
This year he also played in June on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s reign. He receives a new distinction for his “services to music and works of charity”.
The 75-year-old musician, also an astrophysicist and committed to animal welfare, told the PA agency to receive the title of “knight bachelor” “as a kind of commission to do the things that are expected” of this title : “fighting for justice, fighting for people who have no voice”.
