Royal honours are in the family for Chris Ashworth.
As reported last week, Chris was named in King Charles’ first New Year Honours, receiving a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to education during the pandemic.
But Chris, the estates manager at Ashton Sixth Form College, was amazed to discover this week that he is not the only member of his family to have received a royal honour from a king.
For his great grandfather Charles Ashworth received a royal honour from King George VI for saving the life of a young boy from a Dukinfield lake back in 1947.
Chris said: “I only found out this week when my aunt contacted me and she had the paperwork of my great grandfather’s honour - it seemed surreal that he had received an honour from the king and now I am receiving an honour from the king too.”
Tune into The Reporter Show on Tameside Radio at 7pm on Thursday (12 January) to hear more about Chris’s honour.
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