Australia is to drop the titles of knight and dames, a year after it was reintroduced under former Prime Minister, TONY ABBOTT.

Australia is to drop the titles of knight and dames, a year after it was reintroduced under former Prime Minister, TONY ABBOTT.Incumbent Prime Minister, MALCOLM TURNBULL said the titles were not appropriate in modern Australia.
He equally said the Queen of England had accepted the cabinet’s recommendation to drop them, before the honours were reintroduced last year.