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Grayson Perry dresses down for Palace appearance

Besi Besemar January 26, 2014

English potter and artist Grayson Perry chose to wear a stylish midnight blue dress and a wide brimmed ostrich-feathered hat when he received his CBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace last week.

Grayson Perry receives CBE

Grayson known mainly for his ceramic vases was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. His vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in much of  his work, in which he often appears as “Claire”, his female alter-ego.

The flamboyant cross dressing potter said the award was recognition for “30 years of hard graft”.

Grayson once described his alter-ego Claire as “a cross between Katie Boyle and Camilla Parker-Bowles”.

When reminded of this at the ceremony, he said:  “This is my Italian mother of the bride outfit.”

Grayson’s wife, the psychotherapist Philippa Perry and their daughter Flo both attended the investiture,

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