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November 17, 2006

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Jonathan Ive takes one home from the Queen

Posted Nov. 17, ’06, 2:44 PM PT by Scott Silverman
Category | Apple » People

200611171603Her Majesty the Queen of England today presented Apple Senior VP of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive, with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire award today. The award was first established in 1917 by George V to recognize “all levels of service to the country during the First World War.” It has since come to embrace “service and achievement in all fields,” however. As the designer of the iMac and iPod, Ive has influenced Apple as a company in numerous ways. He also was named Designer of the Year by the Design Museum London and is titled “Royal Designer for Industry.” Now who ever knew that an Apple employee had an in with the Queen?

[via Macworld UK]


3 Comments

Jon Harris said:

As a Brit, you'd expect me to pick you up on the fact that the Queen is Queen not just of England, but also Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. (And that's not to mention the Commonwealth countries, either!) One of the things that annoys us Brits is how 'England' and 'UK' are used interchangeably. Sorry to moan, but a little more factual 'completeness' will go a long way to making non-Americans feel welcome here. Thanks!

November 17, 2006 3:44 PM
Kris Jones said:

As a British citizen (English by birth), and a republican at heart, I have to agree with Jon Harris. Strictly speaking, she is The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, although I guess most would be content with Queen of Britain or Great Britain, or United Kingdom, but never just England.

The article is illustrated with the Union Flag, not the English Flag.

As an aside, I used to irritated that Apple software required British people, the English especially, to download the International English, rather than English version. That seems to be corrected now.

You may think of me as a pedant, but we all have a part to play in the war on error.

November 19, 2006 6:34 AM
Chris said:

Does anyone know if the Queen has a Mac?

December 13, 2006 4:00 AM

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