'Is it real?' Heartwarming moment boy, 9, opens one of last thank-you cards from Queen
A nine year-old boy received one of the last ever thank-you cards from the Queen, posted out from Buckingham Palace on the day Her Majesty died.Thomas, from Northenden, south Manchester, whispers with wide-eyed amazement 'Is it real?' before slowing reading out the Queen's message in full with his mum, Cath. With a huge grin, he then turns the card around to the camera to reveal a photograph of Her Majesty which accompanied the message.
"He is taking it into school to show it at an assembly. He is a big fan of the Queen and the card was dated the morning that she died. Thomas sent the letter specifically about the Platinum Jubilee. He congratulated her on that and said he was a big fan. "He saw all the Paddington Bear stuff with the Queen over her Platinum Jubilee and it was shortly after that that he decided to write to her. When I posted it, we just wrote 'The Queen, Buckingham Palace'. We did not think that we would get a reply. But we did and it will be one of the last ever."
"I have got all the coins - the Platinum Jubilee 50p and the Silver Jubilee coin and the £5 Platinum Jubilee coin. I felt really happy and excited to have got the card. My teacher told the headteacher and I am going to show it at assembly. We are going to frame it."
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