Queen Elizabeth II: she banishes Harvey Weinstein from the knightly order

Queen Elizabeth II no longer wants Harvey Weinstein to be a knight. She banished the film producer from the order.

Queen Elizabeth II (94) takes hold. As reported in the official gazette of the United Kingdom, "The Gazette", the British monarch had caused the disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein (68) to be dismissed from the knighthood.

"The Queen has ordered that the appointment of Harvey Weinstein as honorary commander of the civil division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire on January 29, 2004, be annulled and annulled," it reads. His name will be "removed from the register of the said order".

Honorary award for his services

Weinstein had received the honorary award of the CBE, the third of the five levels of the British Order of Knights, in 2004 for his services to the British film industry. The producer was responsible for the American-British co-production "Shakespeare in Love" from 1998, which won seven Oscars.

Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault in February 2020. The New York court imposed a 23-year sentence on him, which he is serving in a prison in upstate New York.

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