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His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT

Colonel Grenadier Guardsrequests the pleasure of your companyon Monday, 11 April 2011 for a Gala Preview of Cameron Mackintosh’s
new musical “Betty Blue Eyes”

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Readers Digest September 2009: A soldier's wealth: how comradeship helped a platoon of the Grenadier Guards to survive a terrifying night in Afghanistan

27 October 2009

by Alexander Turner

[Major Alexander Turner, a company commander in 1st Bn Irish Guards, has written two books for Osprey - Vimy Ridge 1917 and Cambrai 1917. His new book on Messines Ridge will be published by Osprey in 2010.]

All the interviews in the article were conducted with the permission of the Regiment, the soldiers concerned and their families.

Republished on www.grengds.com and www.thecolonelsfund.com by kind permission of The Readers Digest ©The Readers Digest 2009.

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