He threw himself into heavy Taliban fire to protect a wounded comrade – but Corporal Daniel Keighran VC still gets nervous just like anyone else, according to Julian Drape's report in The Sydney Morning Herald .

On Wednesday Corporal Keighran, with his wife Kathryn, stepped through the door of the Queen’s private apartments in Buckingham Palace, into a richly-decorated room overlooking the gardens, usually reserved for greeting heads of state.