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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Stripped of Knighthood

By Robert Siegel

Published June 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

And on that last point, we wondered if any other world leader had lost an honorary title in that fashion. And according to the British Cabinet Office, it has only happened once before, in 1989, to the former leader of Romania, and the former honorary knight, Nicolae Ceausescu. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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