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HRH The Earl of Wessex’s DofE address
I’ve been asked by a number of people if I could share the words of the address that HRH The Earl of Wessex gave at last week’s diamond anniversary celebration of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Westminster Abbey. I can do better than that. Here is a recording of the speech itself.
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