Queen knights 100-year-old veteran Captain Tom Moore, who raised millions for NHS

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Queen Elizabeth II has knighted 100-year-old World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, who became a national celebrity by raising millions for the UK's National Health Service.

Moore raised almost £33 million by walking laps of his backyard, and received a knighthood after a special nomination from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The ceremony marked the Queen's return to her public duties after the coronavirus pandemic forced her to cancel virtually all of her engagements.

— Captain Tom Moore July 17, 2020 "I could never have imagined this would happen to me. It is such a huge honour and I am very much looking forward to meeting Her Majesty The Queen," he said earlier in the week."It is going to be the most special of days for me."Moore was accompanied to the ceremony on Friday by his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, son-in-law Colin Ingram, grandson Benji and granddaughter Georgia, according to PA.The Queen talks with Moore and his family.

 

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Stay safe HRH EII

How humble he is and how deserved this great honor.

it's so cute

Such an amazing example of a human being that the fire in his heart & mind never goes out...

Headline: '100 year old veteran selflessly raised millions for the benefit of his fellow countrymen's health' Twitter 'Fuck the Queen and the Monarchy' smdh

Yeah Queen Elizabeth would still be a better president than Donald Trump

Love Tom ❤️❤️❤️ Hip hip hooray !!

kwinlambrecht

Lovely and Heartwarming 💚

.....Moșule Ești Fericit

Why is the Queen white? Let them appoint a black one. Why doesn't the Queen get down on her knees? Her dynasty is the largest slaveholders.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

A knight? He's too old to fight the Saracens!

HERO....PATRIOT.

Extraordinary. How sweet

Gaada akhlak maen penggal aja itu nenek siapa tolong dibawa pulang..

God bless them both 🏅🇬🇧

Absolutely brilliant and well deserved! Sir Moore certainly has been an inspiration and hats off to him! One of my favorite moments in all this Covid obscurity! 👏🏻

finally someone who actually deserves to be knighted

Watch it all here

I love this man 🌺

In a old fasion way…

How sweet.. well deserved.

What a wonderful gesture.

Awesome!

That's nice. Great job.

¡Cuanta vida tiene este veterano de guerra!

That’s absolutely awesome 😎

They're dating? How sweet!

This just in, Queen Elizabeth to double the number of blacks knighted

both Tom and the queen wonderful👍👍👍

How wonderful! That IS the Greatest Generation!👏🥰

Err... Beautiful but isn't this ceremony somewhat outdated?

Congrats 👏

To the jerks tweeting nasty comments: (1) You should be so lucky to make it to Queen Elizabeth's and Sir Tom Moore's age with 1/2 your marbles intact. (2) Can't you enjoy something good given all the death, sickness and destruction of our economy that we're dealing with?

Hip hip ! One person at a time to make a better world, and he is 100yrs old. Magnificent!🥇

Might as well go back to sleep. Not topping this today. Congrats, Sir captaintommoore!

YESSSS!!!!

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