#71 CS Lewis and the Queen - an interview with Dr Michael Ward
The C.S. Lewis podcast
CS Lewis Declined the Order of the British Empire, CBE
Lewis was named on the last list of honours by George VI in December 1951 as a commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE. But we also know that he declined this honour. He wrote a letter to Winston Churchill and said there are always naves who assert and fools who believe that all his Christian writings are covert, anti-leftist, propaganda. So that's why he declined. And I've heard also that he was even offered a knighthood. Could he obviously line that too?
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