Phil gets the OBE.

I’m both surprised and honoured to be awarded the OBE in today’s King’s Birthday Honours: ‘Musician and Producer. For Services to Music.’ This has a poignancy for me and my family because in 1966 my dad, Duncan Targett-Adams was also awarded the OBE but sadly he died before his investiture.

Roxy Music lead guitarist Phil Manzanera, 73, was formally made an OBE by the Princess Royal for his services to music.

Discussing the honour, Manzanera told the PA news agency: “It’s very moving and humbling to be amongst all these people who do absolutely incredible things.

“But, obviously, I am very happy to get it for services to music and music production, because I think music helps us all in our lives in terms of improving the fabric of our lives, and it’s a great support for so many people.”

The musician said he discussed his upbringing in South America and central America with Anne, having grown up in Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba.

He said his upbringing was central to his musicianship, adding: “It’s in my DNA, the rhythms of South America.

“And the musicians that we’ve all come to know through the Buena Vista Social Club were the kind of music that I started playing guitar with.

“It wasn’t Bert Weedon’s Play in a Day for me, it was the music of Cuba.”