Mark Selby MBE earns royal seal of approval after Luca Brecel’s world snooker coronation – ‘Princess Anne watched final’
Selby was heartened to hear about the Princess Royal’s interest in snooker during the investiture ceremony.
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“She was just chatting to me about the snooker, saying she watches a little bit of it and watched a bit of the final as well. So it was great knowing that she follows it,” said Selby, who won the sport’s biggest title in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2021.
“To get to the final is such a huge achievement.
“It is such a tough tournament to win over a few weeks, physically and mentally tiring, so to get back to the final after winning was a great achievement, and hopefully I can kick on from that into the new season.
“From where I’ve come from being a young lad just playing snooker, I never thought it would come to this – quite an emotional day, really.”
Selby battled back from mental health problems over the past season to reach the final of the World Championship for a sixth time after winning the English Open in Brentwood and inaugural WST Classic in his home city.
The Championship League is the first ranking event of the new season with Leicester hosting the various groups of the competition between June 26-July 21.
World champion Brecel lifted the title last year with a 3-1 win over Lu Ning and will be among the favourites with Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump among the leading men who competed in last year’s event.
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List of snooker royalty to be honoured
- Walter Lindrum MBE (1951)
- Walter Lindrum OBE (1958)
- Joe Davis OBE (1963)
- Clark McConachy MBE (1964)
- Fred Davis OBE (1977)
- Ray Reardon MBE (1985)
- Steve Davis MBE (1988)
- Stephen Hendry MBE (1994)
- John Parrott MBE (1996)
- Ted Lowe MBE (1996)
- Jimmy White MBE (1999)
- Steve Davis OBE (2000)
- Mark Williams MBE (2004)
- Terry Griffiths OBE (2007)
- John Higgins MBE (2009)
- Vera Selby MBE (2015)
- Ronnie O’Sullivan OBE (2016)
- Clive Everton MBE (2019)
- Reanne Evans MBE (2020)
- Barry Hearn OBE (2021)
- Judd Trump MBE (2022)
- Mark Selby MBE (2022)
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