Fans have rallied behind Jeremy Clarkson ahead of a knighthood decision by King Charles III.
The presenter, who currently presents Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, has spent more than 40 years on TV and is adored by millions of fans worldwide.
At its peak, the BBC’s Top Gear was watched by 350 million people worldwide to become the most-watched factual show ever.
The motoring journalist lives on a 1,000-acre farm called Diddly Squat between Chadlington and Chipping Norton in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
Thanks to his Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm, life on the farm has ushered in a new era and more fame for the 66-year-old.
Such is the success of Mr Clarkson’s career that The Times has reported there are calls among his fans to make him Sir Jeremy Clarkson, for services to journalism.
The newspaper reported: “There are calls among his online fans for a knighthood in recognition of his body of journalism, including 38 years of TV work that spans, as well as cars and farming, standalone documentaries on subjects as diverse as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Arctic convoys and a daring British wartime raid to destroy Nazi U-boats.
“Having several times been passed over for a Bafta, he scoffs at the prospect of establishment recognition.”
Ahead of a decision eventually being made in the next honours list, fans have rallied around Mr Clarkson and supported a move to knight the TV presenter.
“Jeremy Clarkson deserves a knighthood for services to ecology,” said one watcher on social media site X.
“Sir David Attenborough gave many people a lifelong love of nature, but who would have thought it would be Clarkson mopping up the stragglers?”
Another added: “I don’t really believe in the bong nonsense, but if anybody does deserve one, it is Clarkson.
“He has done more than anybody to explain, in an understandable and humorous way, how hard it is to be a farmer, and how indispensable to the country these brave people are.”
