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A beautiful sight: Bryan Ferry was awarded his Commander of the Most Excellent Order today at Buckingham Palace.
Said Ferry:
Getting something like this is actually very humbling and I was very pleased to be recognised for a long career and doing something I love.
To get an official award like this is incredibly nice and quite a surprise – a very good surprise. I always knew I was going to be an artist – and spent four years studying painting, I thought that's what I want to do.
I got to a point where I thought I'd put a band together and make a record and if it doesn't work I'll go back to painting, but the band worked incredibly well.
Photo and material: Bryan Ferry