(1/6/2009) The MBE that John Lennon returned in protest of "Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts," as he put it in 1969, has been found, reports Times Online and the UK Sun.
It is in the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood in St James’s Palace, where it was placed when it was returned, along with Lennon's letter than accompanied it.
Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying, in part, "It has been retained since the day Mr Lennon returned it, but in order to decide whether the medal could go on display in a museum, we would have to establish ownership first. It could be up to Yoko Ono as she is the custodian of John Lennon’s estate."
