Charity fundraisers Elena and Ruben are the youngest recipients of the Queen’s Jubilee birthday honours.
The twins' father said for them, "this is just about kids helping kids in its purest sense"
Elena and Ruben Evans-Guillen, from Warrington in Cheshire, completed their first challenge at the age of six, running 100km in a year to raise money for a garden at the town's hospital.They have been awarded British Empire Medals for services to fundraising."I'm really excited to be getting these awards from the Queen and I'm proud of my brother and myself that we have achieved this much," she said.
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