Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney to receive Legion of Honour

 

Paul McCartney is to receive France's highest cultural distinction at a ceremony on Sep 08,2012 President François Hollande will decorate the former Beatle with the country's Legion of Honour, as the rank of officer .

Members of the Legion of Honour are permitted to wear a special medal on their left breast, hung with a red ribbon.

McCartney will be the first British musician to be awarded the Legion of Honour. 

Paul McCartney(70)one of the two surviving members of 'The Beatles', was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997. 

He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Music, an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music and 

the recipient of two major American distinctions: a Kennedy Center honor and the Gershwin prize for popular song

Previous recipients include -

J K Rowling

Aung San Suu Kyi

 Ravi Shankar and 

Vladimir Putin