 He was Director of Public Prosecutions in Britain for five years and received a knighthood for his services in 2014. In the UK, he's known as Sir Keir Starmer. But his roots are a long way away from royal titles. We couldn't make ends meet. We couldn't pay our bills. He says he knows what it feels like to be anxious about the next bill. Starmer's mother was a nurse and his father, well, his job is something Starmer likes to bring up in interviews.