London dispensing optician Roger Pope (pictured right) met Pope Benedict XVI on a visit to the Vatican in December as a special guest of the Italian Optical Association.
On a trip to frame manufacturer Coco Song in Italy last July, Pope was introduced to the Association's president Alessandro Spiezia who invited him to an audience with the Pope. 'He had recently supplied spectacles to His Holiness and was intrigued that I had supplied spectacles to Her Majesty The Queen,' said Roger Pope.
On the visit to Rome with his wife, he presented enamel gift boxes to the Pope and Spiezia on behalf of the Royal Warrant Holders Association, as well as a silver salver to the Association on behalf of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers.
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