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elf_wannabee
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Apr 11 2021, 2:33am
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Did Tolkien ever publicly or privately meet any member of the British Royal Family especially Prince Philip?//
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squire
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Apr 11 2021, 3:30am
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Tolkien was awarded the CBE in 1972
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That's Commander of the British Empire, an honor nominally awarded by the Queen, on advice of the government.
According to Scull & Hammond's monumental 'Chronology' of the Prof's life, the Queen did present him the award.
He later wrote, "...I was very deeply moved by my brief meeting with the Queen, & our few words together. Quite unlike anything I had expected." (S&H entry for 28 March 1972)
Not surprisingly, there's no mention here of his meeting the Duke, at a reception afterwards say, or anything else.
squire online:
RR Discussions: The Valaquenta, A Shortcut to Mushrooms, and Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Lights! Action! Discuss on the Movie board!: 'A Journey in the Dark'. and 'Designing The Two Towers'.
Archive: All the TORn Reading Room Book Discussions (including the 1st BotR Discussion!) and Footerama: "Tolkien would have LOVED it!"
Dr. Squire introduces the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: A Reader's Diary
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geordie
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Apr 21 2021, 11:01pm
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yes; Tolkien met the Prince at an exhibition called Craftman's Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, on 8 May 1973. Tolkien was photographed with the Prince and the bookbinder Philip Smith. The Prince had been presented with a copy of LotR bound by Smith, and autographed by Tolkien.
See Scull & Hammond, Chronology.
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