Sir Elton John’s husband David Furnish and other partners of gay knights could soon receive honorary titles under reforms being considered by the UK Parliament.
Under the current system, wives of men who are made sirs or lords automatically become ‘ladies’.
The partners of gay knights however, receive no title, nor do the husbands of women who are made dames.
Conservative MP Oliver Colville will unveil an Equality of Titles for Partners Bill in Parliament tomorrow.
“The current system is uneven and rather out-dated,” Colville told the Sunday Times.
“If you are made a peer or a knight, your wife automatically gets the title lady, but if you are gay or are a woman and become a dame your partner gets nothing.”
If the bill passes, it would give gay partners and the husbands of women equal rights in the honours system.
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