Queen Elizabeth II and SSAFA

Posted on by Vanessa Brockwell

SSAFA, the Armed forces charity, provides welfare and wellbeing assistance to our Forces and their families. This is a charity which the late Queen Elizabeth II supported from the very start of her reign, taking her father’s place as Patron upon his death in 1952.

In recent years, even when Her Late Majesty was reducing her workload, she remained as Patron of SSAFA, actively supporting their work and retaining a keen interest in the people and families they helped.

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Diana…The “People’s Princess”

Posted on by Richard Costello
Princess Diana once famously stated in an interview, that she wished to be “a Queen of people’s hearts”. After her tragic death at the age of just 36, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair in a statement said: “They liked her, they loved her, they regarded her as one of the people. She was the ‘People’s Princess'”. And that’s how she will stay, how she will remain, in our hearts and in our memories, forever.”

Here, we take a look back at the life and tireless charity work, that has made her loved by millions all over the world.

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