Editing Graham Watson (section)

==Other activities and family==
Watson lived in [[Langport]], [[Somerset]], from 1994 to 2017. He now lives in Edinburgh and in Brussels.<ref name="GW Bio"/> His wife is from [[Italy]]<ref name="GW Rita elect">{{cite web|title=Graham's blog entry 31 August 2007 |date=2007-08-31 |publisher=Graham Watson MEP website |url=http://www.grahamwatsonmep.org/articles/000059/grahams_blog_entry_31_august_2007.html |access-date=2007-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005221758/http://www.grahamwatsonmep.org/articles/000059/grahams_blog_entry_31_august_2007.html |archive-date=5 October 2007 }}</ref> and their children, one daughter and one son,<ref name="GW photos">{{cite web|title=Photo Gallery |date=2007-08-31 |publisher=Graham Watson MEP website |url=http://www.grahamwatsonmep.org.uk/photos/ |access-date=2007-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009213827/http://www.grahamwatsonmep.org.uk/photos/ |archive-date=2007-10-09 }}</ref> were born in 1992 and 1995 respectively.<ref name="GW Bio"/>

Watson was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2011 Birthday Honours]] for political and public service. He is also the recipient of honours from the Republic of China (Taiwan), Georgia and Gibraltar.

From 2018 to 2023 Watson served as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the European Centre for Populism Studies. In 2021 he was elected to the Board of the [[European Cyclists' Federation]] and in November 2022 was elected Chairman of the [[World Cycling Alliance]].

Watson is a supporter of the [[Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]], an organisation which advocates democratic reform of the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.unpacampaign.org/statements/page/5/|title=Statements|work=Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly|access-date=2017-09-28|language=en-US}}</ref>