The Who's Roger Daltrey has been knighted for his services to charity and to music. The 81-year-old singer received his honour from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle yesterday (December 10) and told the Press Association that he considered the award to be "an incredible honour".
"I was born in the Second World War and grew up in the streets in London," he said, "for a kid like me, achieving this, it's a dream.”
Daltrey was responsible for launching and curating the Teenage Cancer Trust's annual week of charity benefit shows at London's Royal Albert Hall: the initiative has raised more than £34 million for charity over the past 25 years, and the singer has described his stewardship of the long-running concert season as "an incredible ride."
