Where the Queen goes so did Col Mike Dudding. As her Deputy Lieutenant he had been ever-present at her side over the last 19 years of her visits to Newham plus more times alone as her official representative in the borough.
That came to an end on Sunday when Colonel Dudding retired from office.
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