It’s official: Robert Plant outranks Jimmy Page
Former Led Zeppelin front man receives Commander of British Empire honor
 | Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, right, receives his CBE from Prince Charles during the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday July 10. |
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LONDON - Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page.
But, Plant joked he and Page would not be fighting over rank, even though Plant's new Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a higher honor than Page's Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
"If we can remember each other's phone number at this time in life it's a miracle," he joked. "We're still good friends, we both enjoy a rather dark sense of humor that comes, I think, from being from rather the wrong side of the tracks for all those wild years."
Plant opted not to take part in a Led Zeppelin reunion tour last year, choosing instead to concentrate on his collaboration with American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.
Also receiving the CBE on Friday was English actress Liz Smith, 87, who appeared on the British TV series "The Royle Family."
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