Victoria Cross recipient Mark Donaldson has spoken on his “unexpected” meeting with the King, ahead of his coronation on Saturday.

Corporal Donaldson is in the United Kingdom at the moment, and claimed the King remembered who he was from a previous meeting.

“It was an amazing opportunity to meet the King and say hello,” Corporal Donaldson told Neil Mitchell.

Press PLAY to hear his unexpected meeting with the King + his other commitments in the UK

(Photo CPL Chris Moore – Pool/Getty Images)