ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 12, 1997 TAG: 9703120067
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: LONDON
From backbeat to bended knee: Paul McCartney, teen idol of the hippie era, went to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to receive that ultimate symbol of respectability - a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.
Keeping with tradition, McCartney, 54, bent down before the queen on one knee, and she dubbed him knight, laying a sword on each of his shoulders. Hundreds of fans, some wearing ``Arise Sir Paul'' T-shirts, cheered his arrival and waited outside the palace until he emerged.
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