Memorandum by Anne McLaren (HON 92)
I WOULD LIKE
TO RESPOND
TO QUESTION
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The concept of an `Order of the British Empire'
does indeed seem rather outdated. It could at least be replaced
by `British Commonwealth'. And I strongly urge that titles such
as those you list should be abandoned. I have a personal interest
and dislike of `Dame', redolent as it is of the pantomime man-dressed-as-comic-woman!
More seriously, the fact that a Dame's spouse gets no title, while
a Sir's wife is a Lady could surely be challenged under the Sexual
Discrimination Act.
May 2004
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