Royal hero sells bravery medal to pay for funeral

A medal awarded to a boxer who helped save the Princess Royal from an attempted armed kidnap has sold at auction for £50,000.

Mr Russell said he reluctantly sold the George Medal as he had been"very unwell for quite some time".After the auction, Mr Russell, who lives in Bristol, said:"For something I thought that I would never sell, I never believed it would sell for this amount, I am absolutely blown away."He said he had one request for the UK buyer, who asked to remain anonymous, which was for them to meet in person to tell the story of what happened.

Ball had blocked the princess's car on The Mall in central London and had fired shots, wounding four people.

So sad that he has had to do this

A funeral costs significantly less than 50K unless you make it cost that much

Shame on Princess Anne for letting this happen. Disgusting.

RoyalFamily with all due respect Ma'am.

So sad he had to do this but now he has some money .

Didn't someone offer £30,000 yestersay for him to keep it?

Could the multi millionnaire and multi palace dwelling “royals” not stump up? Spongers

He might find his story in a museum someday..☺️

This is wrong !

Hope said hero buys the funeral he wants and spends the rest enjoying himself. He deserves it!

That's an incredibly sad headline.

Aww so sad that he had to sell it to pay for his funeral 😥

Man gets medal for saving princess. Man later has to sell medal to pay for vital things because he's very unwell. Meanwhile, the taxpayer pumps millions into restoring palaces and homes of princess and her family. Something very wrong about this country.

Are you gonna throw away dusty and rusty medal? Sell it is best option.

For a funeral! Says it all.

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