Re the Knighthood: "It's a living order and then you cease to be a member when you die," a Cabinet Office spokesman said. "There isn't an honour to revoke."

Hi maggie :-x

Looks like our Prime Minister didn't know this fact !

Perhaps this is the link you extracted from ......

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-boss-promises-savile-inquiry-072324862.html