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Re:Sir Clive Sinclair has died by mkl on Friday September 17, 2021 @04:13AM (#28562627)
That seems to be a US rule [1], not a condition imposed by the knighting jurisdiction. Maybe some other countries have similar no-titles rules, but I couldn't find any (might be searching for the wrong terms).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Emoluments_Clause

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