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Buckingham Palace releases details about King Charles and Camilla's upcoming 'historic' Canada visit
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/buckingham-palace-releases-details.html
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Buckingham Palace: Kate Middleton Returns to Royal Event with William
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/buckingham-palace-kate-middleton.html
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Buckingham Palace

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King Charles and Queen Camilla throw a reception at Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace provides a newly significant update on Prince Edward
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/buckingham-palace-provides-newly.html
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Report on Buckingham Palace repairs sparks royal wrath
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/report-on-buckingham-palace-repairs.html
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Kate Middleton breaks cover following Buckingham Palace statement
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/kate-middleton-breaks-cover-following.html
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Buckingham Palace makes a stunning news following King Charles' major warning
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/buckingham-palace-makes-stunning-news.html
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Building work at Buckingham Palace brings up royal funding
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/05/building-work-at-buckingham-palace.html
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Zum #Fensterfreitag der Buckingham Palast, London im April 2025
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#WindowFriday at #buckinghampalace #london April 2025
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Schwarzweiß Foto der Fassade des Buckingham Palast; black and white photo of the facade of Buckingham Palace

UK’s longest-serving bus driver gets royal recognition

77-year-old Kenny, who works for bus firm First Cymru has been in the bus industry for nearly 60 years. He joined his wife Linda for the memorable day at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his dedication to buses.

As well as enjoying the beautiful surroundings of the palace gardens, they also tucked into a royal tea and caught glimpses of the King and Queen, as well as other members of the Royal Family.

Kenny Beckers at Buckingham Palace for a Royal Garden Party

The Swansea-born grandfather started his bus career at the age of 18, after leaving Llamsamlet Secondary Modern School, when he became a bus conductor after just two days training for what was then called South Wales Transport. Fast forward three years, to November 1969, when he was legally allowed to drive a bus at the age of 21.

The former printer and tyre fitter fondly remembers his early years as a driver when he started at the Brunswick Street depot in Swansea before moving to the city’s Ravenhill depot, saying: “It was great being a driver in 1969. We had so many routes and carried so many passengers, including lots from all the factories, the collieries and British Steel at Port Talbot, but, of course, all that declined in the 1980s.

“I also remember we had double deckers back then, but passengers were only allowed to smoke on the top deck. Upstairs was like a mist. All the factory girls and everybody else was up there smoking, it was unbelievable.”

Kenny Beckers on the buses through the years

While Kenny, who is married with four children and eight grandchildren, has worked for five different companies over his transport career, mainly because of takeovers and management buy-outs, he says he is proud to have continued working in the same place and in the same role.

Now in semi-retirement, Kenny’s two days a week driving is a far cry from when he started in the 1960s, working six days a week on the equivalent of £38 per month. And he puts his long career in the bus industry down to his supportive wife, Linda, whom he says “played an important part in me being able to work on the buses for so long, as she was often left to look after our four children alone for long periods of time.”

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