I was knighted this morning...

Sir Billy Connolly writes to Eric Idle

Billy Connolly shortly after being knighted—and not long before writing to Eric Idle—on 31st October 2017.

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31st October 2017

Dear Eric,

As you rightly observed, I was knighted this morning, and, in my new position as Knight of the Realm, I have decided that I will no longer squander my good time by hanging out with scruff like you.

So you can fuck off.

Famous comedian, and friend of the great,
Sir Billy Connolly, CBE 
Unbearable Shit (Don’t you forget it)

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From Eric Idle’s predictably funny memoir, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography. Published in 2018 by Crown Archetype. Photo: John Stillwell/Getty Images.