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Lance Corporal David Timmins was given a military honour by the Royal family member at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, the Press Association reports.<\/p>\n
Mr Timmins had previously fought for his country in Afghanistan, where he lost an eye.<\/p>\n
He was accompanied by a conductor, a musician and a janitor among others at the event – which marked the beginning of Royal Week.<\/p>\n
The Queen also presided over the traditional Ceremony of the Keys, which commemorates the onset of the celebrations each year, the Aberdeen Press and Journal noted. <\/p>\n
She was offered the keys to the city as a symbolic gesture but, as is customary, she handed them back – an act that shows she entrusts their safekeeping with the city’s elected officials.<\/p>\n
Thousands of well-wishers recently lined the streets of Wareham to show their support for 200 Royal Armoured soldiers from Bovington and Lulworth Camp who were parading in the region.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lance Corporal David Timmins lost an eye in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n