Add loading separate metadata files to cube attributes
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Description
# ✨ Feature Request
Add the ability to load `.attribution` , `.license` and other metadata files into a cube's attributes alongside the cube.
## Requirements
- will load metadata files alongside the cube
- will add the contents of the metadata files to the cube's attributes
## Context
- This will preserve attributes in the processing chain.
- This will ensure that fieldsfile metadata is preserved if the data is then saved as a netcdf file.
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