Outspoken singer Morrissey has attacked Paul McCartney for accepting a knighthood from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth.

“I think it’s silly because she isn’t fabulous. And it was Paul McCartney who once sang Give Ireland Back To The Irish, directed at the Queen,” said the former Smiths frontman.

According to the second-generation Irishman, the Beatle is just another rebellious celebrity to “trot into line”. “I am proud of David Bowie for refusing a knighthood. Albert Finney also refused. The British royals are not royal to me,” he said.