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7 Nights at the Academy - Win McMurry Interviews Sir Nick Faldo (3:21)
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In this web-exclusive clip, Win McMurry asks Sir Nick Faldo what it was like to be knighted by the Queen of England. Watch "7 Nights at the Academy" only on Golf Channel.
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Speaker 1: All right (Tom?). Here behind the scenes during
a break on the shoot here of Golf Academy with
Nick Faldo. Sir Nick Faldo who was knighted recently by
Queen Elizabeth II. Nick, tell us about that experience. What
was it like when you found out she wanted to
honor you with making you a knight. Speaker 2: Yeah.
That was... it was 2 years now, come time has
flown. Here when you first hear about that, it came
into... a big shot. Actually, I was in Dallas and
we just comeback from England funny enough and I was
in her June birthday on his list 2 years ago
and then you go (for in destitute?) which I was
very fortunate, I was at Windsor Castle which is, you
know, maybe the most historic place you could possibly have
it that I have my whole family, my children and
my little (Emily?) at that time was about 6 and
a half and 'cause she's walking through Windsor Castle and
of course wow daddy, said we should live here, this
is a nice place to live and I'm explaining 'cause
she lives here and I said this is a real
castle this is not Disney World castle, this is... So,
that was really... Speaker 1: The real thing. Speaker 2:
Yeah, this is the real thing. Real, real soldiers and
real armor and real feathers and red carpet and that
sort as exact. It was a most emotional day I
probably ever had in my life because I did fabulous
job on walking you through for about the first (dire?)
on, you know, the proceedings, what's gonna happen. Where you
go, where you stand, how you address her majesty? You
have your bow and everything and how you kneel. And
the funny bit was... there's a kneeling stool and of
course you have to work hard 'cause he... he said
we don't want you to come up and get it
right... you wanna put the left foot to the side
and kneel with your right knee he's saying. He's saying
we don't... we have plenty of people who get it
the wrong way around and you actually trip and end
up on the... in front of her majesty and so...
and I thought the funny thing being a golfer... you
left it there in the middle of the room and
it was like... and practice kneeling, I mean how tough
this is. So, we thought... there was three gents and
one lady and so get in a knighthood and saying
well go on then, you go first, that is... that
I've typical maybe in the analyst. I'm not... like the
long jump thinking if I comeback left foot, left foot,
left foot or do I stop right left, right left,
you know, which way anyway. Speaker 1: Yes. Speaker 2:
So, I thought I was quite funny. Broke the ice
so we're very good at breaking 'cause we're all obviously...
Speaker 1: Very nervous... Speaker 2: ...extremely, yeah, I've never
quite so, you know, (on an inch?). But it was...
that was amazing day for me. Speaker 1: Well, what's
changed for you now that you are a knight and
you have the title? Is there much difference or there
are different ceremonies that you can attend now or what
does it mean. Speaker 2: Yeah, if I'm gonna go
one credit card with (??) that's sad. No, really. Nothing's
really changed, I mean my mind... you boast off this
thing right now which I'm going back to England next
week and actually Bank of America have invite to having
a party... to that dozen knights. That's the very first
of sporting knights I think to be in both of
them, a cricketer of Sir Steve Redgrave for Olympic... People
like Sir Jackie Stewart, I assume might be there, people
like. So, that's quite cool. It's under the very... of
my very first sort of official... kind of a official
gathering with other knights is quite fun.
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