Kate Garraway joked her MBE hasn't made her any more "competent" as she returned to the 'Good Morning Britain' studio after being recognised.
Kate Garraway has joked her MBE recognition hasn't made her any more 'competent'
The 54-year-old TV presenter - who cares for her husband Derek Draper, as he continues to battle the after effects of coronavirus - was treated to a round of applause by the crew and her co-hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid, after she was included in the New Year's Honours List.
When asked by Susanna how she is, Kate replied: "Well, it hasn’t made me any more competent unfortunately! I laughed when I shouldn’t have done just then, so sorry."
Ben said: "You do get to stand up at the bar."
Kate then joked: "Which is wrong, because you should be standing and I should be reclining on a chaise lounge."
Earlier this week, Kate admitted she felt "very awkward" about being awarded an MBE, but was also "thrilled to bits and incredibly honoured".
She said: "It's strange isn't it, because I actually feel very awkward about it all really. I don't know why because I'm thrilled to bits and incredibly honoured, but you just sort of think, 'What, me?' is the first thing you think, isn't it, and then you think it's not real.
"So what happens - in my experience anyway - is you get a letter saying you've been put forward for an honour, don't know what, would you accept it if you did? Derek's had a bit of time going in and out of hospital recently, so I was actually with him at the time and his sister-in-law was in charge of opening letters that looked official - mainly bills, and she opened it and said, 'Gosh I shouldn't have opened this, this is really exciting you should have opened this yourself,' and I said, 'Oh for God's sake, we need to say yes to whatever it is,' and then you hear nothing.
"Then there was something in the papers a couple of weeks before Christmas and I thought, 'Well I haven't heard,' and then on the 30th I got a letter. On the outside it said it was from Buckingham Palace and it said to Kathryn Draper Garraway on the outside. It also said MBE and I thought, 'Well, they're not going to get it wrong, it must be that', and inside they just say, 'Congratulations, very pleased to hear, really thrilled that you've got this honour,' so I thought it must be true.
"But I still didn't quite believe it until on New Year's Eve, people started - I think it was announced with the New Year's Honours List - people started to say congratulations. But it's a strange feeling because it's things that other people get."
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