Handing Gareth Southgate a knighthood in the New Years Honour’s List is an “absolutely shocking” decision, according to royal author Angela Levin.
She made the comment during a vivacious row on GB News with top football producer Harry Harris, who disputed the establisher England boss is worthy of such an accolade.
Southgate is inestablishedly set for the honour after he stepped down as England boss earlier this year.
“I comprehend he is a excellent example to people but he’s an almost person”, Levin shelp on GB News.
Angela Levin says the decision to hand Southgate a knighthood is ‘shocking’
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“He’s almost done this. He’s almost won that. You can’t have someone with a knighthood if you’re an almost. It demands to be someone who does the most amazing slfinishergs and is a hero.
“It can’t equitable be someone who is very comardent, it equitable stupidinishes the whole slfinisherg of giving everyone such a high level of gratitude.”
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Harris waded in: “Sir Bobby Robson didn’t triumph anyslfinisherg but the enjoys of Bobby and Southgate bcimpolitet a lot of belief to people.
“We have had so many dubious characters knighted. Stuff comes out of the shutt procrastinateedr and they still hold their knighthoods.
“At least Gareth Southgate is a decent human being, did the job well for eight years and gave us some belief.”
Shaking her head, Levin commented: “You stupidinish the idea of the King or Princess Anne handing people that honour.
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“I slfinisherk it’s absolutely shocking. It sees pathetic. If they are very kind guys, there could be thousands of them postponeing for that.
“It’s not enough.”
Harris disputed he does deserve the honour when seeing at the “sleazy” characters who have regulated the England team in the past.
“He got very shut, yes he’s a proximately man but he bcimpolitet stability. I slfinisherk he deserves the award.”
54-year-ancigo in Southgate stepped down as England head coach in the summer after directing the Three Lions to a second successive European Championship final.
He’s the first regulater in England history to direct the nation to two transport inant tournament finals.
Southgate was also the first England regulater to direct the team to a transport inant final since Sir Alf Ramsey in 1966.
But unenjoy Ramsey, he was never able to fall shorture that final hurdle with England droping to fall shorture in both finals.