HIS inspirational feats and epic adventures have been recognised far and wide.

Now the royal family want a piece of Oldham’s daring deputy headteacher Steve Hill and have requested his presence at St James’s Palace next week for a ceremony to honour young people’s incredible achievements.

Steve, who was awarded an MBE by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2015 for services to education and charity, has been invited to hand out accolades to recipients of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award gold achievements from across the north of England on behalf of the Earl of Wessex.

Steve, a teacher at St Joseph’s RC Primary School, in Shaw, will meet Prince Edward before presenting certificates to around 50 young people and appearing on a group photograph with them on Tuesday. He has also been asked to give a congratulatory speech, share the mind-blowing stories of his amazing adventures and fund-raising and answer questions from the DofE gold achievers.

He told The Oldham Times he was nervous but proud to be given such an incredible opportunity.

“It’s about facing our challenges and this is just a different type of challenge!

“I feel very honoured to be invited by the Duke of Edinburgh Awards to be a guest presenter and present certificates on behalf of the Earl of Wessex to help celebrate the achievements of a total of 280 amazing young people from across the UK who have achieved a gold award.

“It was a lovely and totally unexpected invitation.”

Each recipient has dedicated months to achieving the honour including 12 months of community volunteering, learned a new skill and a physical activity and taken part in a four-day expedition.