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Caption: At least that's what outgoing boss to the Metropolitan Opera Rudolph Bing, left, appears to be indicating Saturday as he and colleagues gag it up backstage at New York's Lincoln Center after learning that Bing has been knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Presenting a prop sword to Sir Rudolph are his assistant Herman Krawitz, center,and August Everding, right, stage manager. Bing was knighted for "services to Anglo-American relations in the queen's honors list announced Saturday to mark her birthday.
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