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Royal Wootton Bassett Honoured With Title: The Royal Inn, Wootton Bassett

Royal Wootton Bassett Honoured With Title Wootton Bassett is to be the first town in more than 100years granted the title "Royal" in recognition of its parades for fallen soldiers, David Cameron has announced. The Prime Minister confirmed that troop repatriations would no longer happen via the Wiltshire town from September due to the closure of a nearby RAF base. But he said the Queen had agreed to the tribute as "an enduring symbol of the nation's admiration and our gratitude to the people of