Queen Elizabeth II knights, Captain Sir Thomas Moore, 100-Year-Old Who Raised Millions.

Queen Elizabeth II on Friday conferred the knighthood on 100-year-antique Captain Tom Moore who raised almost £33 million for the medical examiners withinside the combat towards COVID-19 pandemic.

“Arise, Captain Sir Thomas Moore! Today, the Queen conferred the respect of knighthood on @captaintommoore at an investiture at WindsorCastle,” the Buckingham Palace stated in a tweet.

They additionally shared a picture which suggests the Queen is visible conferring the respect of knighthood on Captain Sir Thomas Moore. Take a have a take a observe the tweet: Captain Sir Thomas Moore additionally took to his non-public Twitter profile to proportion a “Thank you.” This is what he tweeted:

According to, the World War II veteran, who celebrated his a hundredth birthday in April, raised almost £33 million (USD forty million) for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) withinside the war towards the coronavirus through taking walks around his lawn in Bedfordshire, southeast England, with the assist of a frame. Captain Moore become lately promoted to honorary Colonel in reputation for his efforts.

Citing a Downing Street press release,  that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had, in my opinion, endorsed to Queen Elizabeth that the centenarian ought to be particularly honoured. “Colonel Tom’s terrific fundraising broke records, stimulated the complete USA  and furnished us all with a beacon of mild via the fog of coronavirus,” stated Johnson withinside the release.