Posted on 12/13/2025 7:49:32 AM PST by DoodleBob
The Who's Roger Daltrey has been knighted for his services to charity and to music. The 81-year-old singer received his honour from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle yesterday (December 10) and told the Press Association that he considered the award to be "an incredible honour".
"I was born in the Second World War and grew up in the streets in London," he said, "for a kid like me, achieving this, it's a dream.”
Daltrey was responsible for launching and curating the Teenage Cancer Trust's annual week of charity benefit shows at London's Royal Albert Hall: the initiative has raised more than £34 million for charity over the past 25 years, and the singer has described his stewardship of the long-running concert season as "an incredible ride."
Reflecting on his honour, Daltrey says, "For me, it's a double honour because I'm getting it for my work with Teenage Cancer Trust. So personally it's wonderful. But for Teenage Cancer Trust, I'm accepting it on behalf of all those people who may never get an honour and without whom we never would have made the success we have made of our charity. It's important to me that I make them realise they are really appreciated."
(Excerpt) Read more at loudersound.com ...
Yeah, let's never again comment on what we see in photographs.
LOL!
No they didn’t. They aren’t allowed to even possess a sword.
Feelings are not facts.
>> Not that long ago, it was considered slovenly and rude to appear in public without a clean shave. What happened?
You became an old, old curmudgeon. That’s what happened.
The fee to get it out of impound far exceeded the value of the car. The "theft" by the Queen inspired Townshend to write "My Generation".
My Generation was written long before this happened.
The uniform color kind of washes him out and his posture is a little awkward but that’s all I see? Really it’s not the best photo😄
Possibly, but the story is from the article at the link in Post 4 that cites Pete Townshend's memoir.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-the-who-my-generation-is-dedicated-to-the-queen-mother/
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