Suit and tie and all that

I'd never been to Buckingham Palace, not even for an MBE but I was invited to attend the prize winners day out of the BBC's 500 Words competition. I went with my Beano colleague Alina and we met quite a few interesting people including the Silver prize winner who's story I had illustrated. That drawing attracted the attention of Charlie Higson the comic actor/writer which was lucky because I'd hoped to bump into him one day to tell him how much I liked his acting in the Radio series 'Start/Stop' by Jack Docherty. We had a lovely chat ta.

And there was all the Royal stuff. And canapes, and so forth, and a car all the way from Buck House to Richmond where I was off to afterwards!
That tie was one I'd had for thirty years and I thought it appropriate as it was a bunch of elephants (in the room)! The shoes are unique Dr Marten's designed by and gifted to me by my pal Claire Russell.