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June 17, 2006
Happy Birthday Lizzie
Today is the Queen's official 80th birthday and the traditional salute was given by the Royal Horse Artillery in Green Park.
My grandad was a member of the Royal Horse Artillery. The grandad who gave me my name. The grandad I never met.
I never heard his voice, never saw his face. But he gave me his name and, in a strange way, he'll always be a part of me.
I wonder now, is he still alive. He must have relatives, where are they? They're my relatives, do they know about me?
The man I called my grandad for almost 40 years was my step-grandad but he was the only grandad I ever knew and he was always my grandad. He was always my children's great-grandad and he always will be.
But you can't help wondering can you.....?
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