This is WRONG!!!!!! Not because of anything but The MBE are given are those for bravery, services to the UK etc
It is very RARE to have the title taken away. Its even more rare since people have done a LOT worse then Hamed and still have their "honours"
Yes Naz may be an arrogant prick. But he didn't deserve to have his honour stripped. This is no little thing.
Naz may be a prick but this is very wrong.
Here's an article from fightnews about it
Queen strips Hamed!
www.fightnews.com
Naz loses MBE in controversial move
The Queen of England has ordered that former featherweight champion Prince Naseem Hamed be stripped of his MBE after serving a jail term for dangerous driving. Hamed's name is now erased from the Order of the British Empire. The MBE is one of several awards in the British honors system where people are publicly recognized for their bravery, achievement or service to the UK. To have one's title taken away is very rare and the fact that there are others who retained their "honours" after serving jail sentences seems extremely unfair to Naz, who last fought in 2002 but has never officially retired.
Monday, January 1 2007
I agree.
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