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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos -May 10 2022: Vice Chief of Army Lieutenant General Rick Burr speaks at the 2022 National Maritime Exhibition, in the Pyrmont Theater at the ICC in Sydney. Picture NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard

A royal pen pal for two decades

Former army chief Rick Burr was lucky enough to call the Queen his pen pal for more than 20 years, ­exchanging handwritten letters with her up until her recent death.

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