Six-year-old Lewis Wilkie could not believe his eyes. The Queen. The actual HM the Queen of Great Britain right there in front of him?
He rubbed them again and again. But each time it was clear as day – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II really was there at the party celebrating his grandpa’s investiture as an MBE.
Earlier last Wednesday Sandy Wilkie had lined up at Buckingham Palace with actor Hugh Laurie to be invested by Prince Charles after being awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours.