Alexander McCall Smith to be knighted at Palace of Holyroodhouse
Author Sir Alexander McCall Smith is to be knighted at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
He will be given the honour for services to literature, academia and charity at an investiture ceremony on Tuesday.
The writer, creator of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, has written and contributed to more than 100 books including short story collections, children’s books and specialist academic titles.
The detective, has now sold more than 20 million copies in the English language alone.
