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Call him Sir Ringo now, or Sir Richard to be more precise.
The 77-year-old Ringo Starr received a knighthood from Prince William, decades after his lone surviving ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was honoured.
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Ringo Starr at a microphone during the recording of the Sgt Pepper's album (1967). (Supplied)
He used his real name Richard Starkey for the big event.
He said the honour "means a lot" and joked with reporters afterward: "I expect you to use my title."
It comes more than half a century after the youthful Beatles first went to Buckingham Palace to receive MBE awards.
"I had dinner with [Paul] last week and we were both actually laughing about where we came from, and we've ended up in the palace and it's now Sir Paul and Sir Richard," Sir Richard said.
Paul McCartney was knighted in 1997.
AP
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