Geri Halliwell-Horner is celebrating her husband Christian Horner’s prestigious honor from King Charles forward of Christmas, as he’s named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
On Dec. 18, the Pink Bull Racing System 1 staff principal was appointed as a CBE within the civil division for his providers to motorsport, and accepted his medal from the King, 76, in an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Spice Ladies singer Halliwell-Horner shouted out the commemoration on Instagram, and posted an image from the palace as her husband proudly held the dignity.
“Right this moment I had the honour of accompanying @christianhorner as he was made a Commander of the British Empire by his Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace,” she wrote within the caption. The couple dressed of their royal finest for the palace ceremony, the place Halliwell-Horner wore her go-to white hue and Horner sported a morning swimsuit.
“As a household, we’re all extremely pleased with all the pieces you will have achieved in your 20 years @redbullracing and I do know the Workforce really feel the identical. You’re a chief, an innovator and a pathfinder and this distinction is a mirrored image of your dedication and providers to motorsport. Congratulations!” she mentioned, including an applause and coronary heart emojis.
Horner, 51, was acknowledged in King Charles’ 2024 New Year Honours listing, launched in December 2023. It is a well-known honor of the sovereign to confer titles upon excellent people in a public recognition of their advantage, service or bravery.
Honorees can settle for their awards from the monarch or different members of the royal household at investiture ceremonies held all year long, and the Pink Bull Racing CEO was celebrated alongside Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan and his spouse, producer Emma Thomas, at Buckingham Palace on Dec. 18.
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Horner instructed reporters it was “humbling” to obtain the popularity from the King, and that they’d a chat about F1 as properly.
“Clearly a really proud second to be awarded this CBE,” he instructed reporters, the Associated Press mentioned. “It’s very humbling.”
“He was involved in how the season went, clearly adopted among the races,” he added about their banter round F1. “So it was good to catch up.”
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Earlier this yr, Horner was cleared of allegations of inappropriate habits in an investigation by Pink Bull Racing’s mother or father firm. Horner beforehand denied any wrongdoing.
Whereas the investiture ceremony took the couple to Buckingham Palace this week, they’ve mingled with the royals for years. King Charles and Prince Harry memorably met the Spice Ladies at their live performance in South Africa in 1997, and Horner has chatted with Prince Harry many occasions at F1 races all over the world.
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Halliwell-Horner, the creator of a number of books, just lately related with Queen Camilla at The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competitors at Buckingham Palace on Nov. 21, and mentioned on social media that it was “a beautiful event and privilege to be part of such an vital and academic occasion.”
The Horners aren’t the one sporty and Spice Lady couple to have ties to the royals. In a state banquet shock, David and Victoria Beckham just lately joined the royals on the diplomatic dinner honoring the incoming go to from the Amir of Qatar on Dec. 3 at Buckingham Palace.
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The previous England soccer captain backs King Charles’ charity, The King’s Basis, as an envoy, and each Beckhams maintain OBEs from the royal household.
