A STUDENT has been congratulated by Royalty after reaching the gold standard.
Louise Auld, 20, of Hepscott, was invited to St James’s Palace to receive her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award from HRH The Earl of Wessex.
The challenge including physical and skills aspects, a four-day expedition in the Lake District, a residential course researching the red squirrel population and volunteering at the Brownies at St George’s United Reformed Church.