May I thank everyone for their kind comments, which are all the more appreciated coming from people such as Digby Smith & Kevin Kiley whose own work I greatly admire.
The presentation of the medal of the Grand Prix by the Princesse Napoleon is taking place in the British Embassy in Paris next month, with all that place's Napoleonic overtones.
Needless to say, I couldn't feel more honoured.
Very best wishes and thanks again
Andrew