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One of our favourite speakers whom regularly shares with us entertaining and informative talks on a variety of royal historical matters. Commander Dai Seaborne Davies is an often booked speaker on cruise ships however we are grateful that he has time for us too.\u00a0 During his prestigious career he was in charge of Royal Protection during very difficult times and remains an expert in his field.<\/p>\n

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Cmdr Dai Seaborne Davies retired<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He provided an interesting talk on Edward VIII and his activities in the war years, inviting us to consider whether he was a traitor or not!<\/p>\n

Club members (and the Commander) wore an item of pink clothing in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month at the meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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