A dentist from Colchester had a brush with royalty.
Stephen Pitt, who runs the Dental Studio in Bergholt Road, met Princess Anne at the official opening of the dental clinic on the Southend campus of Essex University.
He is a part-time teacher at the pioneering facility, where thousands of patients have signed up to be treated - under the supervision of tutors - by unqualified final-year dentistry students.
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