Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music.
The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organized orders of chivalry; it is currently a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the rank existed during the 13th century reign of King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders.
"Ringo was a star in his own right before we even met" – John Lennon (1974)