She wrote to The Queen in December 1975, at 27-years-old, asking Her Majesty to check her benefits and see if she was “missing out on anything”.
Phoebe Monroe Clark “went straight to the top” when she found herself worrying about how she would look after her three young children aged seven, three and one.
“She was struggling with being a recently single parent and had the idea to go straight to the top for help and write to The Queen directly. “It wasn’t mentioned in the letters but my mum was always sure The Queen was the one who helped her out. She sadly passed away in October 2018 at the age of 69, and her family believe she would have been “waiting on The Queen arriving” to thank her.Lorraine said: “My mum ended up doing pretty well in life. She did leave her mark here on a lot of people..
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