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Originally Posted by mobertol
I can only imagine that for your average person it's the high-point of a lifetime.
Mum sent off for my Grand-parent's Diamond wedding Anniversary to get a card from The Queen, while they were not particularly royalist I remember it was appreciated!
The only people I've met who had "gongs" were my old boss at Uni., Prof. Sir David Smith - for his work at the Royal Society. A very unassuming man, typical academic.
And Lord Anthony Quinton of Holwell -President of Trinity College, who was one of Thatcher's economic advisors as well as an academic. On the surface a bit pompous but actually a very nice man one to one. (Well, I did go for dinner at the House of Lords with him once  ) |
I remember Anthony Quinton on Round Britain Quiz on Radio 4, along with my quiz heroine, Irene Thomas.
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