Couple opened card from Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died
A couple have spoken of their mixed emotions about opening a hand-signed card from Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died.The couple learned of the Queen's illness while they were out on a celebratory lunch.All couples who reach 60 years of marriage receive a card of congratulations from the monarch.Mrs Pont said: "I was so excited to open the card. I thought it would be such a lovely moment for our family.
"It makes the card even more precious and poignant as we were one of the last people to get correspondence from her.""We were absolutely devastated and so upset." Mrs Pont described how the card had a photograph of the Queen on the front taken on the Buckingham Palace balcony at her Diamond Jubilee in June.Mrs Pont, now 80, described herself as a being a "total royalist" since she was a child.She said: "We stood on the railings at Buckingham Palace when they came out on the balcony. It was wonderful.
Mrs Pont said she later went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace on behalf of the Girl Guides Association in the presence of the Queen, which she described as "a great honour"."I feel very privileged to have had contact with Her Majesty."
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