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| Queen and Duke tour Ystrad Mynach and Llantwit Major | Queen and Duke tour Ystrad Mynach and Llantwit Major |
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| The Queen and Prince Philip have ended their two-day tour of south Wales with visits to a stationery firm and an international residential school. | The Queen and Prince Philip have ended their two-day tour of south Wales with visits to a stationery firm and an international residential school. |
| On Wednesday the monarch began her day with a visit to International Greetings UK's base in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly. | On Wednesday the monarch began her day with a visit to International Greetings UK's base in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly. |
| It finished with an engagement at UWC Atlantic College near Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan. | |
| It had followed a trip to Pembrokeshire by the royal couple on Tuesday. | It had followed a trip to Pembrokeshire by the royal couple on Tuesday. |
| Dozens turned out to greet the royal couple on Wednesday when they were given a tour of the stationery factory at Penallta Industrial Estate. Around 400 staff members make gift packaging, stationery and the Christmas crackers which have a royal warrant and are used by the monarch at Christmas. | Dozens turned out to greet the royal couple on Wednesday when they were given a tour of the stationery factory at Penallta Industrial Estate. Around 400 staff members make gift packaging, stationery and the Christmas crackers which have a royal warrant and are used by the monarch at Christmas. |
| During the visit, they met First Minister Carwyn Jones. | During the visit, they met First Minister Carwyn Jones. |
| Among the crowd which turned out to greet them on Wednesday was schoolboy Connor James from Ysgol Gymraeg Penallta. He said he had found it hard to believe the Queen would really come until her saw her with his own eyes. | Among the crowd which turned out to greet them on Wednesday was schoolboy Connor James from Ysgol Gymraeg Penallta. He said he had found it hard to believe the Queen would really come until her saw her with his own eyes. |
| He said: "I wasn't sure about if she was actually going to come to this kind of place but then when I heard the news I was ecstatic." | He said: "I wasn't sure about if she was actually going to come to this kind of place but then when I heard the news I was ecstatic." |
| Afterwards the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh moved on to the international sixth-form Atlantic College near Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, where they were being entertained by an a capella choir performance before meeting members of staff, students and local groups. | |
| It was their second day tour of Wales. During the first day they undertook a total of five engagements, including a plaque unveiling to mark the bicentennial of Pembroke Dock. | It was their second day tour of Wales. During the first day they undertook a total of five engagements, including a plaque unveiling to mark the bicentennial of Pembroke Dock. |
| Another highlight was a check on the progress of racehorse Tea For Three, who fell in this year's Grand National, during a visit to a specialist horse hospital in Narberth, Pembrokeshire. | Another highlight was a check on the progress of racehorse Tea For Three, who fell in this year's Grand National, during a visit to a specialist horse hospital in Narberth, Pembrokeshire. |