The plods picking on this guy would explain the following.:
I was doing 120mph down motorway
After drinking 2ltrs white wine
6 cans Cider
smoked 2 spliffs
thought i was flying a Harrier...
and i got away with it....!!!
Yeah right...
have the authorities got nowt better to do than go for petty things like this student who is probably naive !!
as for HRH Edward..
Honours
Appointments
10 March 1989 – 2 June 2003: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
2 June 2003: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)[8]
23 April 2006: Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG)
1 August 2004: Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty The Queen (AdC(P))
11 May 2005: Honorary Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (SOM)[9]
Decorations
10 March 1977: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
1990: New Zealand Commemorative Medal
2 June 2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
7 June 2005: Commemorative Medal for the Centennial
so thats his medal entitlement etc