JUST IN CASE HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WANTED TO SPECIAL ORDER A HOLIDAY TURKEY OR GOOSE FOR CHRISTMAS A CHEERY BUTCHER KEPT HIS TRUSTY PEN BEHIND HIS EAR WHEN HE RECEIVED ONE OF ENGLAND'S HIGHEST HONOURS FROM HER AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE RECENTLY. WILLIAM LLOYD WILLIAMS, KNOWN AS 'WIL THE MEAT' TO HIS LOYAL CUSTOMERS IN A WELSH VILLAGE, IS NEVER SEEN WITHOUT THE BIRO IN ITS TRADITIONAL PLACE. IT HAS BEEN A TRADEMARK FOR 30 YEARS, SO IT WAS ONLY NATURAL TO HIM THAT HE SHOULD WEAR IT TO THE PALACE TO RECEIVE AN MBE FOR SERVICES TO THE MEAT INDUSTRY. SADLY, HER MAJESTY DID NOT PLACE AN ORDER, BUT SHE DID REWARD HIM WITH A SMILE. "SHE NOTICED IT AND GAVE ME A SLIGHT SMILE AS I TURNED AWAY", HE SAID. "I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT ONE WAS AMUSED." IN HIS SHOP YESTERDAY AT MACHYNLLETH, POWYS, WIL, TOLD HOW HE HAD BOWED TO PRESSURE FROM HIS WIFE CARWEN TO REMOVE THE PEN AS HE WENT INTO THE PALACE ON THURSDAY LAST. BUT HE SNEAKILY REPLACED IT AS HE WAITED TO RECEIVE HIS HONOUR. "IF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY CUSTOMERS THEN IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE", HE SAID LATER. ROYLE FAMILY STAR SUE JOHNSTON, WHO WAS RECEIVING AN OBE, SPOTTED THE ODD FASHION STATEMENT. WIL SAID: "SHE SAID TO ME, 'DO YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BIRO BEHIND YOUR EAR?' I SAID, 'YES, I'M A BUTCHER AND I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A CHRISTMAS ORDER.' SHE LIKED THAT. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS."
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