Good for him!
Local boy made good, Lewis Hamilton, is being showered with accolades after becoming last season’s Formula 1 World Champion in only his second season. He is to be awarded an MBE and immortalised in wax.
First the Gong
The 23-year-old was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s honours list. Hamilton said,
It is a massive honour and incredible privilege for me to receive an MBE from Her Majesty the Queen. It is the most amazing culmination to what has been quite a year for me.
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