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British butcher takes
biro to meet the queen
Agence France-Presse, by Staff
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Original Article
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Posted By:goblin, 11/7/2009 7:02:13 PM
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| A butcher who received a medal from Queen Elizabeth II kept his trusty pen tucked behind his ear throughout the ceremony, newspapers reported Saturday. William Lloyd Williams, 49, from Machynlleth in western Wales, went to the sovereign's Buckingham Palace official residence in London to receive his Member of the Order of the British Empire medal for services to the meat industry. The butcher shed his hat and apron for the ceremony but couldn't bear to be without
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ribicon, 11/7/2009 9:42:54 PM (No. 6010074)
"I was accepting the award on behalf of the old-fashioned butcher and as far as I'm concerned a pen is the symbol of your independent local butcher."
Can't argue with that. AFP was remiss in failing to include a photo of the gent. Daily Mail has one here, complete with pen:
http://tinyurl.com/yf2hnag
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