{"id":141474,"date":"2023-05-18T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=141474"},"modified":"2023-05-18T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:08:10","slug":"after-accused-of-being-a-fake-prince-harry-praises-royal-marine-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=141474","title":{"rendered":"After Accused of Being a Fake, Royal Marine is Praised by Prince Harry as a Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A disabled Royal Marine, who lost an arm and leg in Afghanistan, was reported as a fake due to a disabled parking badge.<\/p>\n

Royal Marine hailed a hero by Prince Harry after losing arm and leg in Afghanistan ‘is reported to council by busybody traffic warden who claimed his blue disabled badge is a FAKE’<\/strong><\/a>
\nFather-of-two Ben McBean almost died when he was blown up in 2008, aged 20<\/em><\/p>\n

By TOM COTTERILL | 18 May 2023<\/p>\n

A double amputee ex-Commando blown up in Afghanistan says he’s been reported by a busybody traffic warden who claimed his blue disabled badge was a ‘fake’.<\/p>\n

Former Royal Marine Ben McBean, 36, lost an arm and a leg to a landmine blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2008, aged just 20.<\/p>\n

The father-of-two, hailed a ‘hero’ by Prince Harry, fought to get his blue badge, which was revoked by local council chiefs after they spotted him running a marathon – on his prosthetic leg.<\/p>\n

The decision was overturned 13 years later but now the war hero says he has been accused of using a ‘fake’ permit while parking in his home city of Plymouth on Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"<\/a>THEN…<\/p>\n

Asked why he didn’t show the people his prosthetic limbs, motivational speaker Ben said: ‘They didn\u2019t deserve that. It\u2019s not my job to relive Afghanistan and the worst day of my life in the middle of town because some idiots want to talk s***.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

THEN…<\/p>\n

By chance, Ben was medevacced home on the same flight in 2008 which brought Prince Harry back to the UK.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex later said the ex-Marine was ‘a hero’, after learning that he had lost his left arm and right leg in the IED blast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With all the recent press about Prince Harry it reminds me of that country & western song I’ve got “Friends in Low Places<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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