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Sir Idris Elba's knighthood got 'lost in the post'

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Sir Idris Elba has confessed he almost missed out on his knighthood because the consideration letter "got lost in a pile of post".

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Idris Elba is beaten as a knight, but everything would have gone wrong by a hair, because a letter from the king was lost at first.It sounds like a scene from a British comedy: a Hollywood star gets mail from the king - and doesn't find it. That's exactly what happened to Sir Idris Elba, 53, as he betrayed in the "Graham Norton Show" of Friday night.The actor almost missed his knightly blow because the crucial letter had landed in a pile of unop…

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PerthNow broke the news in City of Perth, Australia on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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