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LONDON — There’s an especially starry knight in Britain’s latest round of royal honors.
Patrick Stewart — “Star Trek: The Next Generation’s” Capt. Jean-Luc Picard — becomes Sir Patrick in Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year honors list, which also includes a knighthood for theater and film director Nicholas Hytner.
Erich Reich, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Europe who organized last year’s 70th anniversary of the “Kindertransport,” which brought 10,000 children to wartime Britain, also received a knighthood.
A separate honors list in New Zealand bestowed knighthood on “Lord of the Rings” filmmaker Peter Jackson.
