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Privilege, after following ordinary friend around, to see Victor's celebration (3,2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

lap of honour

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'celebration' is the definition.
(I have seen 'celebration of victory' mean 'lap of honour' so perhaps 'celebration' could also mean 'lap of honour')

'privilege after following ordinary friend around to see victor's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'privilege' could be 'honour' (I've seen this before) and 'honour' is found within the answer.
'following' could be 'f' (used when citing page numbers etc) and 'f' is present in the answer.
'ordinary' could be 'o' (abbreviation e.g. O-Levels) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lap' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lap of honour that I've seen before include "Celebratory circuit" , "Winner's ceremonial circuit of the track" , "all-round celebration of victory" , "Victory circuit" , "Victors' ceremonial circuit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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