Dunno. I was always under the impression if you make it big in showbiz (that includes racing) AND you pay your taxes to the Queen, you'll get that Sire eventually. Didn't Sean O'Connery fall from grace for living in the Bahamas, but eventually came around and got his knighthood?
The last word is that Sean O'Connery has bought as place in Lakewood Ranch Florida near Bradenton. Whats at lakewood ranch??
My favorite place on earth is Lucerne. Didn't find it or Catherine at all boring. Then another trip there was Bridgit, oh, can't forget Suzanne. Such friendly people there. Hotel Montana has a wonderful view of the lake. I did see the lake.
A Brit singer called Cliff Richards who has lived in Portugal or Spain for decades was given an OBE while living there and not in the UK.
If I recall it correctly, Stewart moved there just after his first WDC (along with Jochiem Rindt) and the OBE was awarded some time later? He also, incidently, committed the cardinal sin of buying a pair of Beretta shotguns at about the same time rather than some proper Purdeys. But, then, he was - after all, Jackie Stewart. Actually, if you want to get down to the real criteria, it may not be so much in where you live, but more in how you present yourself as an ambassador for the country. Statements like "I can't go to the loo without people asking me for my autograph - so I'm swiveling out of here" at the press conference where your home town is naming a street after you will not probably be helpful. Anyway, it's all premature (he needs to actually win one first...) - & they didn't knight the Beatles until after a pretty solid track record of hits, right?
