Mikel Arteta awarded major Spanish honour
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Our manager has been bestowed with The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic at a special ceremony in London
  • @AesecakesEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    I looked into this and it’s the highest civil honour in Spain…

    it is the only Spanish civil honour that confers personal nobility, with the right to an individual coat of arms (with heraldic mantle and pavilion), an official style of address (Excellency), and full membership in nobiliary corporations

    So much grander than an MBE, I would have thought.

    • @AesecakesEnglish
      2•4 months ago

      Another fun fact I saw is that Jorginho is also the equivalent of a Knight in Italy, a Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, or Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the country’s highest honour.