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Don't crush the Queen's hand, please

Dr Hillary Rono, right, met the Queen, at Buckingham Palace in 2019. [File, Standard]

Wearing your first pair of shoes in Form One means meeting Queen Elizabeth II is not even among your wildest dreams.

And not when the soles of your feet are so cracked "a 50-cent coin could easily fit in them," jokes Dr Hillary Rono, an ophthalmologist.

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