On Friday the 12th May Dougie received his MVO (MEMBER OF VICTORIAN ORDER) at Buckingham Palace in the the ballroom, Joining us were Dougie's life long friends and dancers from the Cool for Cats days Una Stubbs and Barbra Ferris ...
HRH Duke of Cambridge was giving the awards .. it is very touching and humbling seeing the wonderful things people do in this world and that are honoured for there hard work and dedication to so many different topics...
Una & Barbra were excited school girls, which made the event fun !
A lump to my throat and my eyes filled up as Dougie bravely walked with out his crutch to the centre of the ballroom ... such pride... seeing Dougie receiving his award was so special...
HRH Duke of Cambridge was marvellous with everyone giving everyone there moment,
It is a brilliant produced production... and all the ambassadors and staff are truly fantastic..
They made us feel very special ! After the ceremony we were invited for private drinks !we were taken to the anti room where the Royal gather before going on the balcony! WOW! Amazing....
In oriental design ... I never imagined it to be like that.... smaller than you think... but just wonderful being taken to that room and the view of what the Royal see. actually they do not get the great view of the mall due to the statue of Queen Victoria blocks the view but to the sides they see everyone... the history... just blew me away... A memory for the old memory bank !
I took a few photos in the court yard.. then it was of to lunch at the Ivy joining us was dear friend Judy... and lovely lunch we had... Would of loved to have shared this with all our friends. and family ....
I drove Una and Barbra to their homes and we then drove on to Windsor as we were guest of Simon Brooks Ward at the Royal Horse Show in Windsor Great Park for dinner in the Royal Box.
Simon Brooks Ward gave a toast to Dougie to celebrate his award ... very touching indeed...
Simon thinks the world of Dougie.....
So proud of Dougie.... While having dinner it was very nice to chat with Annabelle Simon'S wife
and I did learn a little about Horses! about time ! we watched the dressage and fun antics of the pony club trials which is great fun... it was a beautiful evening ... the sunset the setting made it a perfect end to such a memorable day .... I then drove back to Wherwell ... exhausted..!
but it was a very special day.....
