The head of the Honours Committee resisted attempts by Margaret Thatcher to award Savile a knighthood in the 1980s, due to concerns about his private life.
An anonymous letter in 1998 said that "reports of a paedophilia nature" could emerge about Savile
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An anonymous letter in 1998 said that "reports of a paedophilia nature" could emerge about Savile
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In letters exchanged with Thatcher's secretary in 1983, committee head Lord Robert Armstrong cited interviews with Savile published in the Sun in 1982 in which Savile boasted about sleeping with hundreds of girls, & having people assaulted. 
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours Savile was made a Knight Bachelor "for charitable services", entitled to use the honorific prefix "Sir".
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had made four attempts to have him knighted before succeeding in her final year in office.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had made four attempts to have him knighted before succeeding in her final year in office.
Why drag this up now?
To emphasise the importance of holding those in positions of great power or authority to the highest possible standards of behaviour, & to emphasise that scrutiny of their activities is of the utmost importance, & should thus be taken extremely seriously.
To emphasise the importance of holding those in positions of great power or authority to the highest possible standards of behaviour, & to emphasise that scrutiny of their activities is of the utmost importance, & should thus be taken extremely seriously.
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