Unlike those two places, my place of work is calm and serene, just how I like it. The Main Honours Committee offices are at 70 Whitehall, just a stone’s throw from Downing Street and about a kilometer from Buckingham Palace. “Urgent”? Nothing around here is ever urgent. McKibben says simply:Ībigail, please be in my office at 8:30. We’re the ones responsible for determining who is deserving of British knighthood and damehood, appointments to the Order of the British Empire, and the other various gallantry awards to servicemen and women, as well as UK civilians.Īnyway, the message from Mr. McKibben is also my boss and the chair of the department in which I work, the Main Honours Committee. There’s a message waiting from Geoffrey McKibben, Cabinet Secretary of the Cabinet Office Honours and Appointments Secretariat. I’m usually smarter than to hit that power switch before I get my tea, but this morning Abby’s brain is on autopilot. I know something’s up the moment I turn on my computer when I get to work Monday morning.
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