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QUEEN’S HONOUR: Remembering a tea with royalty

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A framed invitation to a garden party at Buckingham Palace sits on David and Norma Ridge’s mantlepiece, a memory they are reflecting on after the Queen’s death.

The Strathalbyn couple’s brush with royalty happened after a series of lucky events.

The Londoners owned a building business, and Mr Ridge was a Grand Master in Kung Fu and taught London’s special branch in combat techniques for ...


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