CMJ MBE

    

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS, cricket broadcaster and journalist, receiving his MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

One of the voices of Test Match Special, CMJ joked with the Prince about England's chances of winning back the Urn, to which he replied 'the Australians are awfully good, aren't they?'

Quite! Awfully good versus just plain awful. Just 40 days to go...

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