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Col Wagg Returns 12 Medals To Queen
Col Frederick Wagg 74 former WWI and WWII veteran returns 12 medals to Queen Elizabeth II in protest over the MBE award to the Beatles. He resigns from the Labour Party and cancels a 33600 bequest, keeping only the Croix de Lorraine given by Gen. de Gaulle. The action follows tens of similar protests and a public debate on royal authorization for foreign decorations.
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Order of the British Empire
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