Andrew Broughton has eight signed portraits of the Queen, worth an estimated £30,000
"That really surprised me," he said. "I got the bug then."
He wrote to Morecambe and Wise and James Callaghan, the former Prime Minister, before writing to film stars and the Royal family. "I got lots of refusals," he said. The Queen always declined to send a signed image but he bought memorabilia featuring her at auctions.He was invited to Windsor by the new Queen Consort to be present at her wedding celebrations
But he began corresponding regularly with some other members of the Royal family, including the new Queen Consort."She responded to me saying my letter restored her faith in humanity.Image source,"Myself and my sister went down there and, as soon as I said my name, she thanked me [for my letters]." He said he believed the couple - who also sent him a signed photograph of their wedding - would be good leaders."It is very sad the Queen has died [but] I think he's going to be very good for the country and she will be a good Queen Consort," he said.
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