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Transport for London boss Sir Peter Hendy recived knighthood honor at Buckingham Palace
royal correspondent,BP(weastar times/es/wp)::
Transport for London boss Sir Peter Hendy has challenged young Londoners to emulate his success after he collected a knighthood at Buckingham Palace.
Sir Peter, 59, received the honour after a career that began 37 years ago as a London Transport graduate trainee being taught how to drive a Routemaster bus and work as a conductor.
He became TfL commissioner in February 2006 and is now the capital’s longest-serving transport boss since the Second World War.
He told the Standard: “When I see our graduates, which I do every autumn, I tell them I was where they are 37 years ago. I have made it. I don’t see why they can’t.” Sir Peter was invested with the honour at the palace yesterday by Princess Anne, who was standing in for the Queen as she continued her recovery from illness.
The Princess Royal asked how long he planned to continue as TfL commissioner and, scotching suggestions he may retire after serving under both Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson, he said that he told her: “Quite a long time, really.”
Sir Peter, who was accompanied by wife Sue and children Dave and Anna, invited his senior colleagues at TfL to join his family for a celebratory lunch at the Goring Hotel — where Kate Middleton stayed the night before her wedding to Prince William. He continued the celebrations with afternoon tea with his family at The Savoy.
He said the knighthood recognised the team effort at TfL that had kept London running during the Olympics. “It’s not about me,” he said. “It’s about all the officers and the people who worked for us during the Olympics. They are fantastic people.”
Sir Peter has raised vast amounts for charity and told Princess Anne about a charity bike ride he did with 36 TfL colleagues to Paris last October to raise money for Transaid, a charity that aims to improve driving safety standards in sub-Saharan Africa. Road crashes in this region are the third-highest cause of premature death after HIV/Aids and malaria.
Princess Anne is patron of Transaid and Sir Peter said: “I told her we are going to cycle London to Amsterdam this year for the same charity. She said ‘thank you for all you have done’.”
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