I think Ritchie aspires toward Ridley Scott, who was recently elevated to Knight Grand Cross (the highest class, Knight/Dame Commander is the second-highest and confers knighthood/damehood), and the prolific amount of work he's done since 2019 is in pursuit of his own knighthood.
Some details on this, lest anyone else have to look it up. Sir Ridley was made a Knight Bachelor in 2002, which isn’t super senior but does let you go by “Sir Ridley”. The Order of the British Empire is (I guess) more senior, but only the top 2 of 5 classes confer that title. Out of nowhere last year Sir Ridley was catapulted into the top class.
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Some details on this, lest anyone else have to look it up. Sir Ridley was made a Knight Bachelor in 2002, which isn’t super senior but does let you go by “Sir Ridley”. The Order of the British Empire is (I guess) more senior, but only the top 2 of 5 classes confer that title. Out of nowhere last year Sir Ridley was catapulted into the top class.
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