Rosie Benson

Young man from Colyford chosen to share his story with thousands of guests at Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award celebrations in Buckingham Palace Garden

A young man from Colyford in East Devon joined His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and journalist and broadcaster Clive Myrie to give a speech to thousands of young people and their loved ones at Buckingham Palace yesterday – as they celebrated achieving their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards.

Dipesh Purandare, 19 – who was also celebrating achieving his own Gold Award – took to...