(12 Dec 2003) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of entrance to Buckingham Palace
2. Zooms in to show car arriving and pulling up, rock star Mick Jagger steps out and enters palace, followed by daughters and then his 92-year-old father Joe
3. Rock star Sir Mick Jagger walking towards cameras with his father and two daughters
4. Jagger joking with journalists as he stands in front of cameras
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Sir Mick Jagger, rock star:
Question: "What was your impression of it all?"
Answer: "It was wonderful, it was rather wonderfully formal and there were some wonderful outfits I noticed everywhere. What's rather good is like, there is, everyone represented from all over England, and Wales and Scotland and Ireland and from every walk of life, from historians to bee-keepers, which is rather great."
Question: "Did you ever think you'd be standing there?"
Answer: "Yes."
Question: "How would the the little ones (members of his family) have viewed this?"
Answer: "They would have all loved to come but were unfortunately limited to three people, so I chose them in order of seniority and availability. But they would (all) have loved it, especially the younger ones would have loved all the soldiers, but unfortunately they couldn't come."
Question: Asked about joining the (social) establishment.
Answer: "I don't really think the establishment as we knew it really exists any more, so it's a non-question really."
Question: Asked why he missed other dates for the knighthood
Answer: "Well, I've been on tour you know, I chose a convenient date for myself, and the palace have all been very understanding of that and I'm sure they are with lots of other people. Not everyone can turn up on the first one, I've been on tour, so the first date that was good for me, when my family could all be here, I chose. "
Question: Asked about comments made by Keith Richards.
Answer: "I think it's a bit like a bawling child who hasn't got an ice-cream."
Question: "Why did he say that?"
Answer: "I just told you."
Question: Asked again.
Answer: "I just told you why he said it, do I have to repeat it or did you get it first time. (Question) No. No, and that's all I've got to say about him."
Question: "What did Prince Charles say that made you laugh so much?"
Answer: "(laughing) No, I'm not repeating our conversation, I think it's a private one."
6. Jagger with his 92-year-old father Joe and daughters: Karis on the left and Elizabeth on the right - Karis is holding up her father's medal to show to the press, before they all walk away
JAGGER KNIGHTED
It may not be rock'n'roll but Rolling Stone Mick Jagger received his knighthood at Buckingham Palace today (12/12/03).
Sir Mick, 60, knelt before the Prince of Wales to be dubbed a Knight Bachelor for services to pop music.
He joins fellow pop knights Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John at the top of rock's hall of honours.
The grand old rocker arrived at the Palace with his proud 92-year-old father, Joe, and daughters Elizabeth, 32, and Karis, 19.
But not everyone has welcomed the honour, recommended by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and some believe the one-time, seemingly anti-Establishment rebel has
sold out.
Fellow Stone Keith Richards has poured scorn on his bandmates decision to go on bended knee before the Crown. He is in no doubt about what Mick should do with the
knighthood.
"I don't want to step out on stage with someone wearing a f****** coronet and sporting the old ermine," he said emphatically in a recent interview.
But Sir Mick's accolade is a great moment for their father.
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