The second time was nearly two decades after the first, for An Evening for Conservation at the Royal Albert Hall on December 13, 1982, which featured orchestral re-workings of some Beatles songs. In his post remembering Queen Elizabeth II, McCartney recounted all the times they had crossed paths over the years. It feels fitting – after all, it was Macca who wrote and sung the witty 23-second 'Her Majesty' coda at the end of 1969's Abbey Road
It was Paul McCartney who went on to forge something of a relationship with the Queen over the last half-century or so. The Queen with Paul McCartney at The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts. "It means recognition for the things we've done. "It means a lot actually," Ringo said at the time. Ringo Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours list in a long-overdue award for his services to music, though he was given the award by the Duke of Cambridge, rather than the Queen. George Harrison died in November 2001, before many of the star-filled celebrations of the Queen's long reign, though he and the Queen did share a room in the 1990s (more on that later). Lennon spent much of the decade after the split in New York City before his tragic murder in 1980, and in any case, he had already returned his past honour. Understandably, John and Her Majesty didn't meet again. The award of the MBEs was the only time all four Beatles met The Queen, but it was far from the last of their interactions with Elizabeth II. We all thought it was really thrilling." After The Beatles – McCartney and Her Majesty: Knighthoods, Jubilees and Twin Peaks The medal itself was re-discovered in 2009, having been placed in the vault of the Chancery Department of the Royal Household.įor what it's worth, Ringo said: "I had no problem with it - none of us had any problems with it in the beginning. I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts. I thought they'd be like Dukes and things, but they were just fellas."Īs he became increasingly iconoclastic into the 1960s, Lennon decided to return the honour, addressing a letter to the Queen on Bag Productions headed note paper, with a copy sent to then-PM Harold Wilson. In a press conference at the time, McCartney said: "She's lovely. George Harrison denied that, saying that John was exaggerating a bit and they'd only had a normal cigarette to calm their nerves. Lennon later claimed that The Beatles were actually high when they met Her Majesty: "We were giggling like crazy because we had just smoked a joint in the loos of Buckingham Palace. I’d say we deserve ours more."Īlways quick witted, it was Lennon who had quipped "those in the cheap seats should clap their hands whilst the rest could just rattle their jewellery" at the Royal Variety Performance on November 4, 1963, to an audience including the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. To that, John Lennon sharply retorted: "They got them for killing people.
Some past recipients of MBEs apparently returned their gongs in protest at mere pop singers being awarded the same honour. The award on Octocame just after the release of Help! – only three short, tumultuous years after 'Love Me Do'. It's also worth noting just how early in The Beatles' career this groundbreaking honour came.
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