Ninety-six-year-old broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and author, Sir David Attenborough is to be given a second knighthood for services to television broadcasting and conservation.
First knighted by the Queen in 1985, he is soon to be appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael And St George, one notch higher, in recognition of his tireless campaigns and documentaries about the natural world.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 8, 2022