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As attention turns towards the first round of the 2009 FIA Formula 1 World Championship in Melbourne later this month, Lewis Hamilton brought the curtain down on his hugely successful 2008 campaign in the best way possible. As a guest of Her Majesty The Queen, Lewis visited Buckingham Palace in London today to be officially awarded an MBE. While the announcement was first made in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List back in December, Lewis joined around 120 others as Her Majesty officially oversaw the investiture in the Palace’s State Ballroom this morning. Afterwards, an elated Lewis said: “To go to the Palace today and meet Her Majesty The Queen was an incredible experience, following what has been an intense, exciting and unbelievable 12 months of my life. “I’m so proud of the reception I have received from everybody in the United Kingdom. People’s enthusiasm and support – even during the tough times – really kept me going and helped me through an extremely demanding year. “To be rec...

Congrats to Lewis on his conferment of the MBE. Wednesday 31st December 2008 Lewis Hamilton felt "humbled" to have received an MBE in the New Year Honours and declared: "It has been quite a year". Having come so close to claiming the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in his maiden season last time around, the Stevenage-born racer became the youngest winner of the prestigious title on the final corner of a dramatic Brazil Grand Prix in November. Hamilton, who turns 24 next month and now lives in Switzerland, paid tribute to the support which helped him reach the very top of motor racing. "It is a massive honour and incredible privilege for me to receive an MBE from Her Majesty the Queen," Hamilton said. "It is the most amazing culmination to what has been quite a year for me. "The support I have received from the UK as a whole has been fantastic and a huge motivation, it ...