British soccer player refuses honor from queen because of the word ’empire’

The MBE would have been 'kick in the teeth' - Howard Gayle says it's time name was changed.https://t.co/cI3p8oS059 https://t.co/2F66GhoVHv — Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) October 7, 2016 Every year, the British monarchy doles out a range of awards to citizens and members of the commonwealth whose careers and roles in public service it deems worthy of recognition. […]

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