Knighting Ceremony

Knighting Ceremony is a Ceremony for an Individual to be promoted into the rank of Knighthoods, the award is decorated by the state as a proof that the individual have shown valuable service to his/her duty toward the Empire and as such they will be granted the rank of Knighthood. the Ceremony for the Knighthood is only seen during Code Geass season 1 episode 18 when Major Suzaku Kururugi is Knighted by Princess Euphemia li Britannia inside the Clovis Memorial Museum, it is not shown that every Knighting Ceremony is televised on the air or in Suzaku case he is the only Japanese who attained the rank of Knight and such his Knighting Ceremony is televised.

the Ceremony to ascend to Knighhood is as follow:

the Recipient come forward and kneel in front of the Noble leading the Ceremony.

"{Rank in the army & Name of the Recipient} Do you wish to accept the responsibilities of Knighthood, and fight as the Champion of Britannia?"

"Yes, your Highness."

"Do you pledge yourself to be a sword and shield to this Empire, Devoted to its greater good?"

"Yes, your Highness."

the recipient of the Knighthood unsheathe his/her sword to be presented to the Noble and the Noble will present the sword in an upright position and then he/she will use the sword to touch both shoulders of the recipient by gentely using its tip.

"I. {name of the Nobility who grant the rank}, dub thee {name of the recipient}, may your courage and devotion become a shining example to the people of the Empire"

the Noble return the sword back to recipient, the recipient sheathe the sword back to its scabbard and the noble allow the recipient to stand again and turn to the audiences, it is customary to receive an applause from the audiences