He said in 2008 that he had been offered the honour but declined it, reportedly because he wasn’t happy about the level of funding the government was channelling to sciences. Stephen Hawking turned down a knighthood. Professor Hawking returned in Buckingham Palace in 2015 when he attended a reception in support of the Motor Neurone Disease Association hosted by the Princess Royal. It went on to win a bronze award at the show. The display, designed by Sue Hayward, also featured a representation of black hole and meteorites. The garden he showed the Queen at this meeting included references to time travel with a plant, Wollemia nobilis which grew during the time of the dinosaurs, scattered among more modern species. He was diagnosed with the condition as a young man and worked tirelessly to raise awareness of and promote research into it and other related illnesses. The display was commissioned by the Motor Neurone Disease Association which counted on Stephen Hawking’s very public support. The Queen and the professor were reunited in 2010 when Her Majesty visited a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show inspired by the renowned physicist. As the world pays tributes to one of its all-time great thinkers, let’s look back at the times royalty celebrated Professor Stephen Hawking.Įmbed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c)) ///widgets.js However, that didn’t stop him developing an apparently relaxed relationship with the Queen. Professor Stephen Hawking, who has died at the age of 76, was one of Britain’s greatest ever scientists but despite being given many honours, he declined a knighthood.
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