b'Well, I thought that wasof the Order of the British Empire for Services to Guitar Making, Music, and Heritage Crafts. Then I that. The book was asget a medal pinned on my chest by somebody very posh.Well I never. Do I get a castle of my own? complete as I could makeApparently not. Just a small one? No. Please?No.it. What I didnt know wasI had about 500 emails, and I replied to them all, in fact I think I replied to some of them three times. that there was somethingThere were also lots of messages on Facebook, but Moira responded to those for me because Im going on behind the scenesterrified of sending something inappropriate to all my childrens friends. Ive had lots of phone calls, even as we were arranginglots of cards, a couple of bottles of bubbly, various the printing . letters from Lord Lieutenants and government ministers and lots from proper people as well.Roger Bucknall MBE Everyone has been very nice, even those who dont At the beginning of November in 2015, I receivedagree with the awards, empire and royalty etc have a letter with OHMS and Cabinet Office printedsaid, well done, I dont agree with the principle, on the outside of it. Very worrying, Id just got mybut you deserve it etc. Im particularly grateful for driving licence clean again and I couldnt rememberthat. I did have one email challenging me to refuse doing anything else wrong. Moira pushed the letterthe award and I spent a lot of time composing a under the door of the bathroom, and thats wherescathing reply but, in the end, I didnt send it, it I was when I opened it. I cant think of a morewouldnt make any difference.I didnt seriously delicate way of saying that. consider refusing, and one particular thought would have overruled me anyway. My mom and According to the letter, if I was willing, at somedad would have been very proud, its such a shame future date, I was required to go to Buckinghamthey didnt know.Palace, where I would be told that I am a Member At Buckingham PalaceThe letter that Moira pushed under theI took Moira, and my daughters, door of the bathroom. I thought Id beenCharlotte and Sophie. We all scrubbed caught speeding. I went straight to theup very nicely and had a wonderful day. bottom of the page before I read it, tryingBuckingham Palace is full of really nice, to see how much the fine was going tovery well dressed, and exceptionallyWhen you see an official pin a medal on be. well-mannered people, until we got theresomeones chest, that isnt actually what anyway. The queue for photographs washappens. Before you get to that point, very long. When you get your MBE, takesomebody else attaches a little hook to your own camera, and take a bottle ofyou, so the Royal personage doesnt water. have to deal with sharp pins. Then you are whisked away and dehooked, and your new badge is put in a sweet little box, in my case by a very posh young man who wanted to be a luthier, so I put him right!120'