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I was genuinely surprised and hugely impressed by a nice occurrence over the festive period. My six year old daughter received a letter from the Queen’s Lady in Waiting – Susan Hussey (my daughter’s middle name just happens to be Susan too).
The letter, an image of which is attached, landed on our doormat on 27th December and thrilled my daughter so much that she has shown it to everyone that has visited our house; she has taken it to school too.
The letter, on Buckingham Palace stationery, came in response to a Christmas message that my daughter wrote to the Queen.
Earlier in December she was absolutely determined to send the Queen a message; so with paper and felt tips she subsequently created her own card and wrote her own message. She then relentlessly badgered me (and Mrs Baldwin for that matter) to find an address, put a stamp on the envelope and post the card. I’ll admit that I was amused by her persistence but was willing to indulge her. To be honest I also posted her card to Santa Claus even though the price of that stamp was obviously wasted!
To be frank, I never expected any kind of response because let’s face it, the Queen’s Christmas mail bag must be huge and she can hardly be expected to respond to every inbound greeting.
On the 27th, my amazement at picking up the envelope was as complete as my daughter’s excitement when I handed it to her.
The fact that the letter was written at all is great; the fact that Susan went to the effort of hand writing the salutation and hand signing the piece is just brilliant. I was so impressed that the palace sanctioned a response – it’s only a little thing, it didn’t take very long but its impact was well worth the investment. My daughter was as excited at getting the letter as she was with any Christmas present she received. I was delighted to see her so happy and felt compelled to share the experience.
A monarchy that is prepared to engage with its six year old subjects is a very fine one if you ask me.
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The letter, an image of which is attached, landed on our doormat on 27th December and thrilled my daughter so much that she has shown it to everyone that has visited our house; she has taken it to school too.
The letter, on Buckingham Palace stationery, came in response to a Christmas message that my daughter wrote to the Queen.
Earlier in December she was absolutely determined to send the Queen a message; so with paper and felt tips she subsequently created her own card and wrote her own message. She then relentlessly badgered me (and Mrs Baldwin for that matter) to find an address, put a stamp on the envelope and post the card. I’ll admit that I was amused by her persistence but was willing to indulge her. To be honest I also posted her card to Santa Claus even though the price of that stamp was obviously wasted!
To be frank, I never expected any kind of response because let’s face it, the Queen’s Christmas mail bag must be huge and she can hardly be expected to respond to every inbound greeting.
On the 27th, my amazement at picking up the envelope was as complete as my daughter’s excitement when I handed it to her.
The fact that the letter was written at all is great; the fact that Susan went to the effort of hand writing the salutation and hand signing the piece is just brilliant. I was so impressed that the palace sanctioned a response – it’s only a little thing, it didn’t take very long but its impact was well worth the investment. My daughter was as excited at getting the letter as she was with any Christmas present she received. I was delighted to see her so happy and felt compelled to share the experience.
A monarchy that is prepared to engage with its six year old subjects is a very fine one if you ask me.
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