Martin Lewis fans rush to support him after Prince Charles gesture

Martin Lewis has been praised by fans after receiving a CBE from Prince Charles today. Mr Lewis was at Windsor to receive the award from the Prince of Wales.

The MoneySavingExpert founder shared details on Twitter. He said: "What do you want, a medal for it? Just received my CBE from Prince Charles at Windsor Castle. Incredible ceremony. Its called an honour and I genuinely feel honoured. Thanks to all of you who are regularly so supportive of my work."

Speaking at Windsor, he added: "I would be far happier to have come and got my honour and have a nice fun day and not be talking about this because the world is wonderful, but the world isn't wonderful right now. And I think this is potentially more dangerous to lives than the pandemic.

"It is a cataclysmic problem that is going to face the country this winter. I am without embarrassment, deliberately, provocatively, raising an alarm right now. And I will do that with everyone. And when you get the ear of the Prince of Wales for a moment like that, it seemed the right time to take advantage."

He continued: "If you had the number of desperate people telling you their stories every day, and you knew you had a voice that could be magnified because of the work I've done.

"I'm lucky enough that when I say things they tend to echo to the public, and I think there's some 400 MPs follow me on Twitter, so I know, when I say something, it might just reach ears that can do something.

"I think I would be abrogating my responsibility if I didn't use that voice at the moment. So even though I'm tired, and I'm going to take a bit of time off this summer, I feel it is a duty-bound responsibility. When you see a ship about to go into an iceberg, you don't go 'phew', you ring the bloody alarm bell, and I'm ringing the alarm bell right now." 

Reference: Birmingham Mail: James Rodger