Perhaps ALL politicians lack backbone.

Strange. I thought she would have much more backbone and far less faith in her country's so-called independent judiciary. Perhaps the lack of backbone demonstrates that the CBE was not that impressive an award.

“The Queen has directed that the appointment of Rolf Harris to be a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 17 June 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.”

Stripped of his medals after having become the victim of a lynch mob? A monarch is supposed to both have and to display backbone.