Princess Anne has travelled to Wootton Bassett on the Queen's behalf to award the Wiltshere market town its new title 'Royal Wootton Bassett'.
This is because the towns residents have turned out 167 times for 345 soldiers between 2007 and August 2011 to commemorate and mourn the lives of fallen soldiers being driven through the town's streets.
The honourable title was requested by PM David Cameron as an "enduring symbol of the nation's admiration" and the town is now one of three that have been honoured (the others being Royal Tunbridge Wells and Royal Lemington Spa).
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