"The Queen paid tribute to a Grenadier Guardsman posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross when she met military families supported by the regiment's charity.
Camilla, 76, praised the bravery of Lance Corporal James Ashworth as she chatted to his parents, Duane and Caroline Ashworth, telling them 'I'm just full of admiration'.
She is Colonel of the Grenadier Guards and welcomed former soldiers and their families to Clarence House for a reception, her first engagement as patron of the Colonel's Fund.
Speaking about L/Cpl Ashworth's actions, recognised with the British armed forces' highest military decoration, she told his parents: 'You must be so proud, for somebody to be awarded the Victoria Cross is something else. It's unbelievable, I read his citation and couldn't believe it.'
L/Cpl Ashworth, 23, from Corby in Northamptonshire, was killed during an operation to eliminate a group of insurgent sharpshooters in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June 2012."
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