The Queen nicknamed her diamond broach worth £50 million 'Granny's Chips'.
09.09.2022 - 15:27 / msn.com
Michael Morpurgo has paid tribute to the Queen saying she was “very much the heart and soul of who we are”. Sir Michael, whose works include the 1982 children’s book War Horse, was named in the 2017 New Year Honours list and knighted for his services to literature and charity.
In May this year, his fairy storybook titled There Once is a Queen was released to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The poetic tribute, with illustrations by Michael Foreman, tells the story of the Queen’s life during her 70-year reign as monarch.
Following her death, the author, 78, remembered the Queen fondly as he shared anecdotes about her, including a touching story about her love of horses. He told the PA News agency that the Queen had been “a presence right from the start” in his life.
Recalling the moment she appeared on the balcony during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations this year, he said: “There was an intake of breath (all) around, literally tens of thousands of people up and down The Mall, and everywhere, everyone was watching, that she was there suddenly and it meant a lot to people. “We can call it sentimental and we can call it nostalgic, it isn’t, what it is, is huge respect-stroke-admiration-stroke-affection-stroke-love for someone who lived her life alongside ours, who affected this country.
“This strange country which doesn’t seem to know where it’s going, has very little sense of its history, which is a shame because its history is extraordinary, whether it’s negative or positive, it’s extraordinary. “She was connected to all that by years and by understanding and I felt that she was very much the heart and soul of who we are, and troubled as we are, but had this wonderful way of repairing situations, of helping us in
.The Queen nicknamed her diamond broach worth £50 million 'Granny's Chips'.
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