Watch: Prince William praised for using sign language to congratulate hearing-impaired Alex Duguid
Duguid was receiving an MBE award for his services to the hearing-impaired and to British Sign Language Education.
Congratulations Alex Duguid MBE, honoured by The Duke of Cambridge for services to Deaf People and to British Sign Language Education 🎖️ pic.twitter.com/7jr7xDSPPN
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) January 14, 2020
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has garnered much praise online for his appropriate greeting to hearing-impaired Alex Duguid. Duguid was at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, January 14, as a recipient of the Member of the British Executive Order (MBE) title.
Prince William was seen (above) congratulating Duguid in British Sign Language with a smile. Visibly pleased, Duguid signed back “Thank you.” The Duke then awarded him with the MBE.
The investiture ceremony, hosted at the Buckingham Palace, is held to recognise peoples’ achievements and service to the country with special honours. Duguid received the honour for his years of service to hearing-impaired individuals. He has acted as a sign language interpreter for various television shows, and helped hundreds communicate with hearing-impaired people by teaching British Sign Language.
I remember him. The little fella in the bottom corner of the screen. What a nice story and well done Will' for delivering it with sign language. Top stuff.
— Mark. (@J0ePublic) January 14, 2020
So good to see the Duke present in sign language, I'm sure it made it even more special to the gentleman and his family.
— Crouchie (@andycrouch67) January 14, 2020
This is great to see the Duke took time to learn to sign something that would mean so much to Alex
— gareth pennington (@gazpen) January 14, 2020
Duty, service, and going beyond 🙏
— Mr Flipper-Bot (@TheMrCow1) January 14, 2020
Congratulations to Alex Duguid MBE, honoured by The Duke of Cambridge for services to Deaf People and to British Sign Language Education you should be so proud of yourself and well done 😘😘🤗🤗🎖️
— TANIA (@tvinnard) January 14, 2020