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Sir Menzies Campbell: “I may be retiring from the House of Commons, but I have no intention of retiring from politics”

Menzies CampbellWe try not to link to the Daily Mail if we can possibly avoid it, but on this occasion we reckon it’s worth it on this occasion. They have a video interview with former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell MP from the courtyard at Buckingham Palace. He was there to be admitted to the Order of the Companions of Honour at an investiture yesterday.

He speaks about how good it was to receive the honour from Prince William who had studied at St Andrew’s University where he’s the Chancellor. He said that the Prince had talked to him about the University’s 600th anniversary celebrations which he had helped to launch. Apparently they also discussed how Prince George was sleeping more.

It’s a very special day….nothing quite prepares you for the dignity and the splendour of the ceremony.

You can see the whole thing here and a lovely picture of Sir Menzies and his wife Elspeth after the ceremony on the British Monarchy’s Flickr site here.

Sir Menzies ended his special day by giving an interview to Scotland Tonight in which he talked about his life in politics and his retirement. You can watch it here – it’s the first item on the programme.

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