Yeah the US hasn't actually adopted the harsher version of the Title of Nobility Clause (no US officeholder is allowed to ever have had a title, or must renounce all titles they hold) because it is create unnecessary headaches
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Since officially renouncing a title is a big deal and has all kinds of implications in the countries that give them IIRC the UK doesn't actually have an official procedure for you to unilaterally renounce a knighthood for instance
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
You can have your knighthood officially stripped due to dishonor but if you just personally say "I'm not a knight anymore" you still officially are one
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Yeah John Lennon is still listed as an MBE on Wikipedia even though he sent his insignia back as an antiwar protest
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
I think that if, for instance, Sir Patrick Stewart OBE goes through with the process of acquiring US citizenship the protocol would just be to not call him "Sir Patrick" in an "American context" but to continue to do so in a "British context" as long as he's a dual citizen
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
I didn't know he was planning that he should also adopt Kristen Stewart, just to keep things clear
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
He said as a US resident for decades he thought it was time to finally pull the trigger so he could vote against Donald Trump, although he may not make the deadline
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
would he lose his UK citizenship (separate from title)?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
Not automatically, he'd be a dual citizen
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Ah. I've never been clear on which countries don't allow that. I know the US technically can force non-birth dual citizens to reject their other citizenship, although they usually don't?
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You have to renounce your other citizenship to get a security clearance, I know that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Ah, okay, I was slightly misinformed People who actively naturalize as US citizens have to take an oath renouncing all other citizenships, most dual citizens in the US inherited their other citizenship through their parents
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
So Sir Patrick would have to give up his UK citizenship, and from a US perspective that would make all his UK titles invalid (but the UK doesn't fully agree)
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