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Outgoing UK prime ministers are authorised to submit an honour list of names to be awarded knighthoods, and peerages, amongst other honours..
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was not keen on according a knighthood to his father and that merely a 'Father's Day card' would suffice..
Sunak's comment came after reports stating that former UK PM Boris Johnson had nominated his father, Stanley Johnson, for a knighthood...
"For me, a big success is remembering to get my dad a card on Father's Day, so that is probably about my limit," Sunak told reporters on Friday, in a thinly veiled swipe at Boris Johnson's preference for his father on the honour list...
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