Alan Turing receives royal pardon

My initial reaction was "it's about time", but I'm unsure what to make of it after reading:

"Unfortunately, I cannot feel that such a 'pardon' embodies any good legal principle. If anything, it suggests that a sufficiently valuable individual should be above the law which applies to everyone else." Dr Andrew Hodges

Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said the royal pardon was long overdue, but also due to "another 50,000-plus men who were also convicted of consenting, victimless homosexual relationships during the 20th century".

They haven't done enough.

Also, this article is much better than the BBC one. At least this actually mentions his influence in starting the field of CS.

There's discussion on this at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6957423

Why that is even necessary. Stature and contribution of Turing is well beyond this royal drama.