I legally changed my name to James Blunt just so I could find out his favourite cheese

I’ve long been a fan of his music (Picture: James Blunt/Metro/Shutterstock)

James Délice de Bourgogne Blunt. As of Wednesday, that will be my legal name. 

I’ve always liked my former moniker, Alan Pender – and my online alias, Joe Bangles – but a bet is a bet and I have honoured my end of the deal. 

I had told James Blunt that if his new album reached number one, I would donate £1,000 of my own money to a charity of his choice and – slightly more extreme – I would change my name to his. 

I was a desperate man. I’d spe...