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The hoard will soon take pride of place in the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery which is having a £22m restoration.

For Monday's events, veterans had pride of place on a viewing platform at the top of the Mall, sitting alongside the Royal Family and the prime minister, watching the military parade and marching bands.

He said pride of place would be given to grandmother Christine, who would sit next to him for the show and who he described as "the VIP of VIPs".

There is just one clock that is spared his dutiful hands - the electronic weather station that takes pride of place on the centre of his living room wall.

He said it took him more than two hours to arrange each item giving it pride of place - and it has been big hit with his peers.