Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett receive OBEs at Windsor Castle

Gordon Reid and his partner Alfie Hewett were given their royal accolades by Princess Anne.

The Paralympians and multi-Grand Slam winning stars met the Princess Royal in a ceremony before posing for photos in glorious sun.

Gordon tweeted a photo of himself in front of the castle and simply: "Gordon Reid OBE."

Gordon Reid OBE pic.twitter.com/8Bb4zF5T71

— Gordon Reid (@GordonReid91) October 3, 2023

Doubles partners Gordon, 32, and Alfie, 25, said Anne asked them how they got into tennis and what it was like competing on Wimbledon’s famous Number One court.

Mr Reid said: “She was very friendly and asking me how I got involved in tennis.”

Mr Hewett said: “She knew I had just got back from New York (for the US Open) and I spoke to her about Wimbledon and playing on Court One.

“She knew we had won and that was in a packed court, and she asked what the experience was like.”

Mr Hewett, who has not won an individual Paralympic gold, said getting one in Paris is a “big target” alongside getting a doubles gold with Mr Reid, which they have not done as a pair.

The friends also said their partnership on the doubles court has “strengthened” and they achieve the “right balance” between doubles partnership and singles rivalry.

Gordon has 24 Grand Slam titles overall, two of them singles, and 22 doubles, including 18 with Alfie and five Wimbledon doubles titles with his friend since 2016.

The pair contested the first all-GB singles gold medal match at a Paralympics when they took gold and silver at Rio 2016.

They also became the first men's wheelchair doubles partnership to complete the calendar Grand Slam in 2021.

And they contested the first all-British Grand Slam singles final at this year's US Open.