He claims that he was, quote, knighted in the sovereign order of St. John by the Queen Elizabeth II herself. And to my closest family and friends, I am therefore known as Sir Ted.
The Financial Times looked into it, and it turns out he received the Medal of St. John in 2005, but it was as a, quote, serving brother, a grade roughly equivalent to an MBE, a British honor several ranks lower than knighthood. It does not carry a title, and members do not attend an investiture with the Queen. So the Queen wasn't even involved.
He also claims that he was made a laird by Lord Leon of Scotland and given a personal coat of arms with a fancy Latin inscription. Okay.
The University of Oxford rejected Mr. Malik's assertion to have been a senior fellow at the Wolfson College. Oh, did they? Quote, in publicity statements about and by Professor Ted Malik, he is described as having been a senior fellow at Wolfson College. This is inaccurate.