LONDON: Lewis Hamilton’s reported Knight Hood has been hailed as a “long delay” for Britain’s “biggest sports star”.
According to The Sun, Hamilton won the record at the 7th World Championships last Sunday and will be welcomed in honor of the New Year. Former Labor cabinet minister Lord Hahn, who serves as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Formula One, has twice called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to confer the Knighthood on 35-year-old Hamilton. “If that’s true, I’d be happy to see Lewis join the Knights of the Games because he’s got Sir Bradley Wiggins, Sir Mo Farah, Sir Andy Murray, Sir Alastair Cook and others there,” Hain told the PA. Are present with. ” News agency on Sunday
He said that Lewis is not just a serial champion but he is actually the biggest British sports star in the world. It’s too late.
In the context of Hamilton’s seventh title, which won him the all-time championship of Michael Schmacher, Johnson was told that it would be wrong to deny Breton the Knighthood because of his tax status.
Motorsport UK chairman David Richards also sent a letter to Downing Street earlier this month explaining that Hamilton, who lives in Monaco, is “subject to interest-free taxes in nine countries” and Four out of nine countries file tax returns. “
It is also claimed that HMRC’s UK income tax liability figures, published in 2019, make Hamilton one of the top 5,000 taxpayers in the UK. Richards said in the letter: “It would be wrong for the UK to deny Lewis an award based on its historic achievements because it chooses housing or employment or because of its incorrect tax status. Got it. “
Hamilton was awarded an MBE after his first championship in 2008 and has won more races (94) than any other driver before him and won more poles (97) and podiums. Have been writing again
“When I think of this honor, I think of people like my grandfather who served in the war,” Hamilton said of the potential appreciation.
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