A former Michael Jackson PR who was sacked in 2004 after seventeen years service, has, quelle surprise, decided to tell all in a new book 'Michael Jackson: The Man Behind The Mask', and claims that the pop star spent a lot of time and money trying to buy himself a knighthood. Jones said: "We spent a fortune trying to communicate with the Queen's people and trying to get them to decide to make him a knight and they weren't interested."
So no surprise there then, given that knighthoods are for British people, and only in very rare cases are KBEs given to non nationals, and they do have to have done something pretty special. And we're not talking making a lot of money and being a bit odd, even if your videos are quite cool.