Mylor's Olympic hero Ben Ainslie becomes a knight
10:46am Friday 8th March 2013 in News
By Greg Fountain, Reporter/Photographer
Mylor's Olympic hero becomes a knight
Mylor's Olympic hero arose as a knight yesterday after receiving his New Year's honour from The Princess Royal.
Four-time Olympic sailing gold medallist Ben Ainslie, who learnt the sport in the waters around Restronguet, was knighted by Princess Anne at a special ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
The 36-year-old moved to Mylor as a young child and went to school in Penryn and later Truro School, learning to sail at Restronguet Sailing Club.
Now retired from Olympic sailing, Sir Ben said after receiving his knighthood: "It is obviously a huge honour. It is something to be very proud of."
He announced earlier this year that his next challenge is to try and win the America's Cup, which has not been won by a British club since 1851.
Comments(3)
Gillian Zella Martin 09
says...
12:43pm Fri 8 Mar 13
Wave wrote:lol,in the mean time you will just have to wait for your ship to come in.
I have no love of royalty or their honours they provide. But I would certainly accept one. Then as a knight I would build a castle (or just occupy Pendennis) and proceed to do battle with the rest of Britain, until ALL was mine.
Then I might suggest to the French and Spanish they might like to invade, then we could have a jolly good war just like the old days.
Gillian Zella Martin 09
says...
12:44pm Fri 8 Mar 13
Wave wrote:lol,in the mean time you will just have to wait for your ship to come in.
I have no love of royalty or their honours they provide. But I would certainly accept one. Then as a knight I would build a castle (or just occupy Pendennis) and proceed to do battle with the rest of Britain, until ALL was mine.
Then I might suggest to the French and Spanish they might like to invade, then we could have a jolly good war just like the old days.
Wave says...
11:52am Fri 8 Mar 13
Then I might suggest to the French and Spanish they might like to invade, then we could have a jolly good war just like the old days.