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Old 21st Nov 2014, 15:10
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Undoubtedly an excellent ambassador for an excellent youth organisation and looks fantastic in that uniform - I thought it was Kathryn Jenkins for a second.

I do take issue though with the award of honorary rank and with the wearing of the uniform. Surely they can be an ambassador for the organisation without being an honorary Group Captain, Flying Officer or Lieutenant Colonel? As people have rightly said, it is the character of the individual that is important. You get the braid/stripes/pips etc through (mostly) sheer bl00dy hard work, training, experience etc in your chosen service. Being given what is, visually at least, such a senior rank is innappropriate, IMHO.

slight strains of Susannah York though....
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