It was a wonderful day and I remember thinking I'd come a long way from a little terrace house in Liverpool! I felt very honoured to be offered a Knighthood and of course it would have been rude to turn it down! I remember it was in the springtime and the skies were blue. 'Just one year later and our next encounter was a very proud day for me. She also had previously given a donation which the school was very honoured to receive. In June 1996 The Queen graciously agreed to open the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts on the site of my old school that George Harrison and myself attended.
'Our third meeting would come in the next decade. Heartfelt: It comes after Sir Paul paid a fulsome tribute to Queen Elizabeth 11 after news of her death broke on Thursday (pictured in 2002)
She also re-introduced me to Prince Philip who said he remembered our previous meeting in the sixties! Part of the evening included some orchestral re-workings of some Beatles songs and I remember chatting with Her Majesty about them. It was at an event Linda (his late first wife) and I attended called An Evening for Conservation. 'The next time we met was some years later at the Royal Albert Hall on 13th December 1982. For four Liverpool lads, it was, "Wow, hey man." We were told how to approach Her Majesty and not to talk to her unless she talks to us. I remember us being taken aside and shown what the correct protocol was. 'Firstly, when The Beatles got the MBE on 26th October 1965. 'Looking back I am honoured and amazed to see that I met Her Majesty eight or nine times and each time she impressed me with her great sense of humour combined with great dignity. In 1953 when the Queen was crowned everyone on our street in Speke, Liverpool finally got a television set and we settled down to watch the Coronation in glorious black and white.
When I was 10 years old I entered an essay competition in Liverpool and won my division for my essay about the British Monarchy so I have been a fan for a long time. 'I feel privileged to have been alive during the whole of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. 'On the sad occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's passing, my memories came flooding back and I would like to share these with you,' wrote Sir Paul. On air: The monarch was a fan of the American mystery serial drama television series, with the first two seasons airing in 19, and the third series being shown in 2017
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