Lord Alan Sugar is unrecognisable as he shares emotional moment he met Queen Elizabeth
express.co.ukLord Alan Sugar, 75, was in his early 50s at the time he was knighted for his "services to the Home Computer and Electronics Industry".The TV entrepreneur, who also has two honorary of Science, took to Twitter to recall his pride.
The self-made billionaire excitedly informed his 5.2 million followers: "23 YEARS AGO! In the New Year's Honours list it was announced that I had been awarded a knighthood!"As I knelt before our late Queen, I remember reflecting upon what my mother and father might have thought and said had they still been alive."The nostalgic businessman added: "It was such a proud moment for me."Lord Sugar had been recognised, among other reasons, for helping to launch the public computer back in the 1980s via his electronics company, Amstrad.Newspapers have also branded Alan "the rudest man in Britain" for his no-nonsense tough talk, but equally he has many fans who love his strong personality - even after he pointed out not everyone had what it took to become a knight.On one occasion, he poked fun at Piers Morgan after the broadcaster lamented that he had not been recognised on the honours list, labelling it "baffling", but adding: "[The title] Sir Piers will have to wait."Alan tweeted a colourful response, telling his frenemy: "Knights are a very elite circle of people.The problem is your head is so far up in the clouds the Queen would not be able to tap you with the sword, She may be tempted to ram it where the sun does not shine!"Meanwhile, yesterday Alan was inundated with messages of congratulations from his followers while he reminisced.@skylon2012 praised: "A justified award for leadership in Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing creating value."Nowadays there are too many awards handed out to.
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