Carrie
11-03-2004, 01:09 PM
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=223793)
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LONDON Nov 3, 2004 — Rock guitarist Eric Clapton set aside his "rebellious streak" to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
The 59-year-old singer-songwriter described the honor conferred by Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, during a ceremony Wednesday at Buckingham Palace as the "icing on the cake" of his career.
But Clapton conceded that he would have found it hard to accept the honor, with all its establishment connections, earlier in his life.
"I had a rebellious streak in me," he told reporters after the ceremony. "As a kid I would not have been able to accept this. I was very immature about the way I looked at that. I was against the establishment.
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LONDON Nov 3, 2004 — Rock guitarist Eric Clapton set aside his "rebellious streak" to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
The 59-year-old singer-songwriter described the honor conferred by Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, during a ceremony Wednesday at Buckingham Palace as the "icing on the cake" of his career.
But Clapton conceded that he would have found it hard to accept the honor, with all its establishment connections, earlier in his life.
"I had a rebellious streak in me," he told reporters after the ceremony. "As a kid I would not have been able to accept this. I was very immature about the way I looked at that. I was against the establishment.
Full Story (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=223793)