No 'Sir:' UK government denied Apple's Steve Jobs knighthood in 2009
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs was close to being knighted by the Queen of the United Kingdom in 2009, but the plans were reportedly scrapped by the U.K. government because of Jobs' absence at a political conference.
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