Carl Cox has been made an OBE, and he says Prince William had something to tell him first. William presented the honour, for services to music, at Windsor Castle on November 10. Cox was named in the King's Birthday Honours in June.
"First and foremost, he really wanted me to know that he was genuinely, genuinely a big fan of mine," Cox told the PA news agency after the ceremony. "Been listening to my music for many years."
Cox said William "knew exactly who he was giving the honour to" and told him, "This is one of my best days ever." The two also share a love of motorcycles. Cox has a large collection, "so we spoke a little bit about that too."
He collected the medal in the middle of a US tour and was due to fly on to Atlanta, Georgia, the next day.
The techno DJ has been a major figure in British dance music since the rave scene of the 1980s, and he was one of the pioneers of mixing on three decks. By next year he will have been "putting needle on the record" for 50 years, which at 64 he called "quite a thing."
"In some ways, I feel like an ambassador, an artist from the UK, flying the British flag everywhere based on my music," he said.
This year Cox also held a Sunday residency at [UNVRS] in Ibiza, where he played his first ever b2b with David Guetta in July.
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