British DJ Goldie has been awarded with an MBE by Prince Charles for his contributions to music and the arts.
The 50-year-old artist and musician, who has appeared in movies like "Snatch", and the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough", received the honour from The Prince of Wales at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, reported Independent online.
"It's a bit of a shocker but a very, very beautiful thing to happen. I think it also stands for what you can achieve - anything really. It was beautiful in there, just great. I'm very happy," Goldie said.
He was announced as the recipient of an MBE in the New Year's Honours List last month.
Goldie made his breakthrough to the mainstream in 1995 with his debut album Timeless, from which his signature track "Inner City Life", now considered one of the most important songs of the British electronic music scene in the '90s, was released and became a Top 40 hit.
However, he also made sure to emphasise that he would never have made it without support from government-funded programmes for youth, as he grew up in the care system in Walsall and moved between foster homes for a long time.
He called for funding for arts to be protected from cuts as he feels that many other youngsters today are capable of exceeding his own achievements.
