Right up until June 25, 2008, Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe was, amazingly, an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

Mugabe was named a knight by the Queen when he visited Britain in 1994. The tittle is a customary gift to foreign leaders.

But today, the Queen of England finally annulled the dictator’s knighthood, BBC News has reported.

On May 2, 2008, Zimbabwe’s electoral commission published the results of the country’s March 29 presidential election. The Movement for Democrat Change’s Morgan Tsvangirai won 47.9 percent of the vote. This was enough to beat Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party but fell short of capturing the 50-percent majority required for an outright win.

The MDC claimed that it did win an absolute majority. But on April 4, it was announced that a runoff vote would be held within 90 days.

International coverage of the March election alleged that it was neither free nor fair; had it been and if previous Zimbabwean elections are any indication, the MDC would have easily captured 50 percent of the vote.

Since the announcement of a runoff, Mugabe’s Zanu-PF and its supporters have unleashed a campaign of intimidation and terror across the country.

MDC party members and supporters have been harassed, beaten in the streets, tortured and raped.

"They looted my body like I was dead," one woman reportedly told the Guardian of an encounter with Zanu-PF supporters.

As many as 500 of Tsvangirai’s supporters have been killed, according to the U.K.’s Independent.

On June 22, Tsvangirai withdrew from the runoff election and sought refuge in a foreign embassy. Meanwhile, Mugabe challenged, “Only God can remove me.”