Awards -- a query..

[Deborah Sweet]

Diarmuit Ui Dhuinn asks:

>one wonders what the protocol would be for declining such an award?

>For that matter, one wonders what the protocol would be for declining
>an award because the recipient did not actually feel that they
>deserved it would be?

Diarmuit, *I* don't know the answer to these questions. I would suppose
a Herald would know the correct procedure for declining an award, if 
there is such a beast (not the Herald, the *procedure*).  :-)

Otherwise, I suppose the person could just not respond if their name's 
called or the person could say "Thanks, but no thanks" to the Crown. On
the Rialto someone was talking about "resigning" their peerage. Maybe 
that's the way to do it?

Estrill
Dancemonger
Mooneschadoweshire
Stillwater, OK
dssweet at okway.okstate.edu