There's no such thing as a British Empire so how can anyone be a member of it. It's this sort of imperialist rubbish that has plagued this country for centuries. We're talking about folk music here not music that reinforces a class sytem headed by a bunch of over-privileged disfunctional wasters. (But, if anyone deserves an award it's SOH, so how about an RMFC - Respected Member of the Folk Community?)