Gary Barlow, 'British National Treasure' Says Prince Charles

Take That singer, Gary Barlow was praised by Prince Charles at a music awards ceremony in Park Lane yesterday.

The Prince of Wales paid tribute to the X Factor judge before he was presented with the "Music Industry Trust Award" by Sir Elton John.

In a video message recorded before he went on his Diamond Jubilee tour of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, the Prince praised his charity work, “not only for my Prince’s Trust and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but also for Comic Relief, Children In Need and many more”.

He added: “Over the past 25 years, you have become one of the great stars of the British music industry and you are the very embodiment of that rare species, ‘a national treasure”’.