![](https://news.google.com/news?svc=i&imgurl=https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40204000/jpg/_40204387_threebeegeespa203ok.jpg) LONDON, UK (Bee Gees Fans Website) - Robin and Barry Gibb receive their CBEs at Buckingham Palce and Bee Gees being awarded a Queen's honour in recognition of their contribution to music. Barry and Robin Gibb will receive their award from Prince Charles, while Maurice Gibb's son will collect it on behalf of his late father. The Stayin' Alive trio will be conferred with the Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Prince Charles will take up the mantle since the Queen will be in Yorkshire.
They were named as recipients for the award in the Queen's 2002 New Year's Honours list, before Maurice died of a sudden heart attack last year. Maurice's son Adam, 28, collected the award on behalf of his father. The Gibb brothers - Barry, 56, and twins Robin, 54, and Maurice - were born in England, moved to Australia as children in 1958 and eventually settled in the United States. Bee Gees went on to become the fifth biggest-selling pop group of all time, selling more than 110 million copies of 28 albums.
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