The Black and White Knight

Posted on August 16th, 2008 by bryan.
Categories: General.

Nils Olav, Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army, was knighted yesterday.

Nothing particularly special about that, except that Sir Nils is a King Penguin living at Edinburgh Zoo! He has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King’s Guard since 1972, in recognition of the close links between Scotland and Norway.

To see the formal ‘ceremony’, click here.

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