British butcher takes biro to meet the queen

Reported by France 24 on Saturday, 7 November 2009 (on November 7, 2009)

A butcher who received a medal from Queen Elizabeth II kept his trusty pen tucked behind his ear throughout the ceremony, newspapers reported Saturday.William Lloyd Williams, 49, from Machynlleth in western Wales, went to the sovereign's Buckingham Palace official residence in London to receive his Member of the Order of the British Empire medal for services to the meat industry.The butcher shed his hat and apron for the ceremony but couldn't bear to be without a ballpoint pen."It's a trait with butchers," he told BBC television.

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