Deaf British man receives MBE honors from Prince William

Deaf British man receives MBE honors from Prince William

On Tuesday, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, used British Sign Language as he gave a deaf man, Alex Duguid, his MBE honors.

Here is an Instagram video.

[Video]

Nice, now I know how to spell my name in BSL, as we have the same name. (Signs ALEX in BSL).

I didn’t expect to learn this from Prince William — thanks for the BSL mini-lesson.

Alex was honored for his contributions to British TV shows as a host and a BSL interpreter for television channel ITV.

Kensington Palace said he “is passionate about BSL and the need to promote and protect it.”

BSLZone said in a congratulatory message that Alex also worked in “Deaf television, BSL teaching and storytelling for many years.”

If you want to know more about who Alex is, you can watch a BSL Zone produced documentary about his life. The link is in the transcript.

MBE is short for “Member Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire” and is one of the top honors in the country.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7TaW8il-pi/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/deaf-corrie-star-alex-duguid-21279134

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/deaf-honour-prince-william-sign-language-1365103

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DEAF NEWSAlex AbenchuchanJanuary 16, 2020