 Although he is the third Romanian-born person to be knighted (after Elie Wiesel who received an honorary knighthood, and British Army general Roy Redgrave whose mother was Romanian and who was born in Bucharest), he was the first to receive a full British knighthood having been born and educated in Romania and later becoming a British citizen.He was therefore feted in Romania as the "first" Romanian to be knighted.Iacobescu has also been awarded three of Romania's national honours - Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania, Commander of the Order For Merit and Commander of the Order of the Crown of Romania.