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A postcard sent by a Royal Navy officer from South America has finally reached its recipient - 30 years later.
Neil Crocker posted the card during a stop-off in Chile in 1991 while returning from the Falkland Islands onboard HMS Cumberland.
He sent it to the parents of his future wife, Claudia, to 'make a good impression' before asking for her hand in marriage.
Unbeknown to him the postcard never arrived and instead went missing for three decades.
It was finally pushed through the door of father-in-law Brian Watkins who lives in Weymouth, Dorset.
This postcard which was sent by Royal Navy officer Neil Crocker from Chile in 1991 has finally been delivered to its intended recipients in Weymouth, Dorset after it disappeared for 30 years
Neil Crocker (pictured with his now-wife Claudia) says he sent the card to his future parents-in-law to make a good impression but has no idea what happened to it after it was posted in Chile
The 89-year-old was perplexed by the delivery and
