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Royal visit revealed for Blackpool's Veterans' Day
BLACKPOOL'S Veterans Week has got the Royal seal of approval.
It was today confirmed the Duchess of Cornwall will join thousands in the resort to celebrate National Veterans Day in the resort on Friday June 27.
Organisers and council leaders today said they were "honoured" that The Duchess, who is Royal Colonel of the 4th Battalion The Rifles, Commodore-in-Chief of Naval Medical Services, Royal Navy, and Lady Sponsor of HMS Astute, will be visiting the resort for the first time as part of the national celebrations.
Major Jim Houldsworth, chairman of the Fylde ex-Service Liason committee, said: "We are very pleased that we are being granted a Royal visit.
"This is the first veterans Day where a member of the Royal family has visited. We are very honoured that Blackpool has been chosen."
Coun Maxine Callow, cabinet member for Tourism and Regeneration, said: "We are absolutely delighted that The Duchess of Cornwall will be leading the celebrations."
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