‘I have over 12,000 items of royal memorabilia - more than anyone in the world’
26.05.2022 - 13:09
/ ok.co.uk
"Pulling down my rare oil painting of the Duke of Kent, valued at £60,000, I felt a swell of pride. “Never mind Queen Elizabeth, I should be crowned queen of my own royal collection!” I laughed to my husband John, 66, a farmer. With 12,000-plus items of memorabilia, I’m the extremely proud owner of the largest collection in the world.
We’re throwing a big party at our farm in Weardale, County Durham, on Jubilee night, and John was helping me get things ready. Picking through choice royal mementos – my favourite being a framed napkin used on a flight by Prince Charles in 1977 to Teeside Airport, where he only landed because of fog – I turned to John and grinned. I may have been a magistrate for 30-odd years, but I don’t need to consult with the rest of the bench on this one.
My verdict is that the Platinum Jubilee – for Elizabeth the Great as I like to call her – will be the best yet. People wonder why an ardent monarchist like me isn’t jetting to London on the big day. Well, I’ve agreed to help with a pop-up royal tearoom in nearby Bishop Auckland, where a cousin of mine runs a venture for adults with learning disabilities, who are going to be great British bakers for the day.
So I’ll be tucking into their scones and happily musing about the monarchy. Dubbed everything from ‘royal superfan’ to ‘royal historian’ and ‘record- breaking royalist,’ because of my memorabilia – said to be worth more than my £200k house – I prefer to be called a monarchist. And while my four granddaughters love their queens and princesses – like Frozen’s Elsa – in Disney films, my queen is always Elizabeth.
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