After Martin Lewis was awarded his CBE by Prince Charles at Windsor Castle, his wife Lara Lewington exclaimed, “I couldn’t be prouder.”

After Martin Lewis was awarded his CBE by Prince Charles at Windsor Castle, his wife Lara Lewington exclaimed, “I couldn’t be prouder.”

The presenter and tech journalist, 43, turned to Twitter to show her thanks for her husband and posted an image of them standing outside the Queen’s royal home while the consumer expert clutched the renowned honour.

Mr. Lewis sported a dapper checkered blue suit and tie, while Mrs. Lewington chose a cherry red cut-out dress with a matching fascinator headband and gold heels.

The founder of the Money Saving Expert website, 50, got the honour on Tuesday from the Prince of Wales with Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley and Chief Medical Officer for England Sir Chris Whitty.

Mr Lewis, who previously said he was turned down for a seat in the House of Lords because he was ‘honest’ in an interview for a peerage, thanked his fans for being ‘supportive of his work’ and said it was a ‘pleasure’ to experience the moment with his wife.

He wrote: ‘What do you want, a prize for it? I recently received my CBE at Windsor Castle from Prince Charles. Incredible ceremony.

I honestly feel honored. It’s called an honor.

Thank you to everyone for always being so encouraging of my work.

‘And what a thrill to share the day with my amazing wife (especially as I still can’t smile properly after my dental surgery, and she can do it brilliantly for me). Just a shame tiny MSE was too young to be permitted to join.’

The consumer champion picked up his CBE for services to broadcasting and consumer rights – having previously been granted an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in June 2014.

The energy crisis is “possibly more destructive to lives than the pandemic,” Mr. Lewis cautioned Charles on Tuesday after the prince gave his award.

He also promised to write the monarch a briefing note on the subject.

He claimed he felt he had to ‘sound the alarm’ since the country will face ‘cataclysmic’ challenges in the winter.

Speaking at Windsor, added: ‘I would be considerably happy to have gone and got my accolade and have a good enjoyable day and not be talking about this because the world is wonderful, but the world isn’t wonderful right now.

And I think this is potentially more damaging to lives than the pandemic.

Come country will be faced with a terrible issue this winter.

‘I am without embarrassment, purposely, provocatively, sounding an alarm right now. And I will do that with everyone.

And when you get the ear of the Prince of Wales for a moment like that, it felt the proper time to take advantage.’

Mr. Lewis criticized the candidates for the Tory leadership for their ‘deafening silence’ regarding how they would address the energy situation if elected prime minister in the upcoming election.

He said: ‘We have a debate about tax at the moment. Taxes are undoubtedly a matter of political philosophy, and I can see why the Conservative Party finds this to be significant.

However, people should be aware that energy is the main issue that they will face, not taxes.

Therefore, in my opinion, the first question that each candidate should address during the debate is, “What are you going to do to help people with the calamity that is coming that, unless it is dealt with properly, would see people hungry and freeze?

The provisions that have been in place thus far are helpful, but the projection has increased by £450 since May, when those provisions were implemented.

The average household receives £400 in aid. Therefore, the support that will be provided has already been used by the rise since May.

“What are you going to do about energy bills?” is the first query I want to hear them respond to.

Taxes do not benefit everyone. Both people receiving universal credit and those receiving the state pension are not helped by it.

I’ll let others examine the inflation problem.

Therefore, in my opinion, this should be at the top of the list. And right now, all I can hear is a deafening stillness.

‘If you had the number of desperate people giving you their experiences every day, and you knew you had a voice that could be amplified because of the work I’ve done,’ he responded when asked how he stays motivated to keep lobbying the government about the expense of living.

“I’m fortunate enough that what I say seems to resonate with the general people, and I believe that 400 MPs follow me on Twitter, so I know that what I say might just get to ears that can do something,” the author says.

If I didn’t utilize that voice right now, I believe I would be abdicating my duty.

So even though I’m exhausted and I’m planning to take some time off this summer, I feel obligated to fulfill this obligation.

You don’t say, “Phew,” when you see a ship going to collide with an iceberg; you ring the bloody warning bell, which I am doing right now.