Families snubbed as Blair attends war memorial unveiling

Families of British servicemen and women killed on duty have told of their anger at Tony Blair being invited to a war memorial unveiling

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Families of British servicemen and women killed on duty have told of their anger at Tony Blair being invited to a war memorial unveiling.

The Queen is today unveiling a memorial to the 300,000 Britons who served in the first and second Gulf wars and in Afghanistan, of whom 680 lost their lives, the Daily Mail reports.

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