Arise Sir Andy –

Youngest Knight in Modern Times

The Scottish tennis and world number 1 Andy Murray has become Britain’s youngest knight of modern times. Now aged just 29 he is Sir Andy Murray OBE. All down to his huge talent and monster work ethic. This year he has been the first British man to be tennis world number one. His brother was also doubles world number one! He won Wimbledon, then he won gold in Rio at the Olympics and became BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time. So this is a wonderful acknowledgement of his gifts and his use of them.

For Services to Sport and Charity

I am sure it came as a shock to Sir Andy and Lady Kim and he won it for sport and services to charity. He is an ambassador for Unicef, the World Wide Fund for Nature, Malaria No More and the Duke of Cambridge’s United for Wildlife initiative.

What Do We Call Him?

But the knighthood poses a problem for umpires. Do they call him plain Mr Murray, or is it Sir Andy Murray? How do they refer to him in the order of play? The only former tennis player to have also been a knighted, and that after retirement, was grand slam winner and Aussie Sir Norman Brookes. Later this month Andy will attempt win the Australian Open the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. Now of course when he lets rip with a swear word under huge stress in a match we

Award Winning? Maybe

Well whether you are a knight of the realm, a Dame or a duchess we will treat you the same at James Pirie and we’ll try and make it an easy as possible experience so come rain or shine, you’ll say we deserve an award for looking after our customers. I am dreaming of a Scottish victory in Australia so order some of our lovely champagne glasses, on offer of course, and join me in a toast if he wins.

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