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The Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, Lady Emma Barnard, hosts a Restorative Action Ceremony for LGBT veterans in Chichester
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30/01/2025
The Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, Lady Emma Barnard, hosts a Restorative Action Ceremony for LGBT veterans in Chichester
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It means a huge amount to me today to be able to be with you both, and indeed with those
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you love, to represent His Majesty and be able to preside over this restoration ceremony.
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I've obviously read the Efferton report, it is appalling reading, and I'm so glad it happened
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because it seems to me that the vicious and aggressive and absolutely repulsive policy
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under which you both suffered, and indeed so many like you, had to be called out.
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And thank God has been called out.
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It is just a step forward, I suggest, in the marching towards the light, if I can put it like that.
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What you have suffered, what so many like you have suffered, is absolutely unimaginable,
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and it's so shameful that it happened so recently.
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I can't even imagine the consequences and what you have had to bear over the years.
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I hope that today, I really hope that today, will be perhaps a new page that you can start to put this behind you.
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I am very aware, and I'm under no illusion, that you can't just rub out what you went through.
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I'm so glad that ceremonies like this are starting to happen.
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By heavens, they are starting to happen.
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And I'm very honoured to be able to say this to you.
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I say it from the bottom of my heart, I really, really wish you well.
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We all wish you well. Thank you.
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Thank you for what you did for your country.
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Thank you for being here today, because I'm aware that it must be quite a very emotional and probably very difficult occasion for you.
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And I just welcome you from my heart. All I can say is thank you.
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And may you march into the light, and may you march with courage.
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That, of course, is all the rest of it.
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I'm sure you'll have the joy of saying thank you.
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That is your badge, and that is your wonderful box.
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Thank you very much. Thank you for your kind words.
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Really very emotional.
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