California teenage girl becomes youngest American knighted by Pope

Dame Sydney Thackray (Wadjet PR/handout)

A teenage actress from California just joined a club that usually only includes kings, duchesses, and medieval warriors — she's been knighted by the Vatican at age 19.

Sydney Thackray, an actress and musician, knelt before a bishop in a centuries-old Roman cathedral this month to receive the title of Dame. — Read the rest

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