Yorkshire residents share special moments captured with the monarch.
The Queen visited Barnsley as part of a tour of South Yorkshire in 1975.
Louise Fillingham said she had spent "many hours" lining streets with bunting, a poncho and a deckchair hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen. She invited Her Majesty to her swimming pool birthday party, and received a reply from the monarch's lady-in-waiting. "I have treasured this letter ever since, even more now. I just want to show the world how wonderful she truly was and I wish I had got to meet her in person," Ms Evans said.Hilary Preston had to ask an official photographer to 'shift' so she could capture the Queen smiling
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