Martin Lewis’s wife Lara Lewington ‘couldn’t be prouder’ after the money saving expert received his CBE from Prince Charles at Windsor Castle.
The presenter and tech journalist, 43, took to Twitter to show her appreciation for her husband and posted an image of them standing outside the Queen‘s royal residence while the consumer expert held the prestigious accolade.
Mrs Lewington wore a cherry red cut out dress paired with a matching fascinator headband and gold heels, while Mr Lewis wore a smart checked blue suit and tie.
The founder of the Money Saving Expert website, 50, received the gong on Tuesday from the Prince of Wales alongside Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley and Chief Medical Officer for England Sir Chris Whitty.
Mr Lewis, who recently revealed he was turned down for a seat in the House of Lords because he was ‘honest’ in an interview for a peerage, thanked his fans for being ‘supportive of his work’ and said it was a ‘delight’ to share the moment with his wife.
He wrote: ‘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.’
‘And what a delight to share the day with my wonderful wife (especially as I still can’t smile properly after my dental surgery, and she can do it beautifully for me). Just a shame mini MSE was too young to be allowed to join.’
The consumer champion picked up his CBE for services to broadcasting and consumer rights – having previously been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in June 2014.
Mrs Lewington wore a cherry red cut out dress paired with a matching fascinator headband and gold heels, while Mr Lewis wore a smart checked blue suit and tie
The founder of the Money Saving Expert website, 50, received the gong on Tuesday from the Prince of Wales alongside Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley and Chief Medical Officer for England Sir Chris Whitty
Martin Lewis’s wife Lara Lewington ‘couldn’t be prouder’ after the money saving expert received his CBE from Prince Charles at Windsor Castle
The presenter and tech journalist, 43, took to Twitter to show her appreciation for her husband and posted an image of them standing outside the Queen’s royal residence while the consumer expert held the prestigious accolade
Mr Lewis thanked his fans for being ‘supportive of his work’ and said it was a ‘delight’ to share the moment with his wife
Mr Lewis spoke to Charles on Tuesday after the prince presented his honour and warned that the energy crisis is ‘potentially more dangerous to lives than the pandemic’, and said he will write a briefing note to the royal on the issue.
He said he felt he had to ‘raise the alarm’ because the country would face ‘cataclysmic’ problems in the winter.
Speaking at Windsor, 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.’
Mr Lewis condemned the MPs running in the Tory leadership contest for their ‘deafening silence’ on how they would tackle the energy crisis on becoming prime minister in the autumn.
Mr Lewis spoke to Charles on Tuesday after the prince presented his honour and warned that the energy crisis is ‘potentially more dangerous to lives than the pandemic’
He said: ‘We have a debate about tax at the moment. Tax is certainly an issue of political philosophy which I understand why that is important to the Conservative Party, but people need to be under no mistake, energy is not a totem, energy is the core of the real problem people will face.
‘So it seems to me absolutely the first part of the debate that every one of these candidates should answer is: what are you going to do to help people with the catastrophe that is coming that, unless it is dealt with properly, will see people starve and freeze?
‘The provisions that have been put in place so far help, but the increase in the prediction since May, when those provisions were put in, is £450. The help for most households is £400. So just the increase since May has already eaten up the help that will be coming.
‘So the first question that I want to hear them answer is: what are you going to do about energy bills?
Mr Lewis, whose net worth is estimated at around £120m, married TV presenter Lara Lewington, 43, in 2009
‘Tax does not help everyone. It doesn’t help those on the state pension, it doesn’t help those on universal credit. I’ll leave others to look at the inflation issue.
‘So absolutely, for me, this should be front and centre of the agenda. And what I’m hearing at the moment is a deafening silence.’
Asked how he remains motivated to continue to lobby the Government over the cost of living, he replied: ‘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.’
