So, just what has the Queen got against this man?
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. All of which makes it hard to fathom why – when Vicki Michelle, who starred in the 1980s' television comedy 'Allo 'Allo, was awarded an MBE, and actress Catherine Zeta-Jones a CBE – Forsyth, and the 25,000 people who signed a Facebook campaign to see him knighted, are still denied. Claudia Winkleman, presenter of Strictly Come Dancing spin-off show Strictly – It Takes Two, said last night: "He should definitely have a knighthood and I for one am livid he hasn't." "I've grown up with him," she said, "from The Generation Game to Strictly Come Dancing. Earlier this year, Bruce, who was awarded a CBE in 2006, said "a knighthood would be nice for the family", with characteristic modesty.
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