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The Palace walls are painted fakes, the loos prehistoric and (gasp!) Charles is dishy in the flesh. What I really remember about my dad getting his MBE; Proud moment: Anne with her dad, Barry, at the Palace.

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 26-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Anne Shooter

ANYONE famous here today?' I asked the policeman outside BuckinghamPalace, as we waited for our minicab to be security checked.

'Sorry, love, the only one we've heard of is Karen Millen, the one with thedress shops,' he answered. 'And there's a Delia Smithbut she's not the cooking one.' I was disappointed. I'd hoped a celeb or twomight jolly along what was going to be a very formal occasion. I was at thePalace with my parents and younger twin brothers to watch my father receive anMBE from Prince Charles, for services to pharmacy and for work he has done inthe UK for Bulgarian orphans.

My brothers had given Dad lots of useful advice as we came up to London thatmorning, stopping off for a celebratory breakfast on the way.

'Hey, Dad, tell Charles you're really cross his mum's taken the day off andleft him in charge.

'Tell him you...

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