QUEEN’S THANKS TO EMILIA
MONARCH APPRECIATED GESTURE FROM ST BRIGID’S NS STUDENT
AN eight-year-old Drogheda girl got the shock of her life when she wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth - remarking on her great fashion sense - and got a reply from the monarch!
Living in Drogheda since 2014 and a pupil in St Brigid’s NS on Bothar Brugha, Emilia Data loves everything royal and is a great fan of the queen.
So much so, she recently decided to write to Buckingham Palace, stating that she admired the queen’s dresses and loved watching films about her. She even drew a picture!
The queen was so impressed, she got her Lady in Waiting, Susan Hussey, to write to her, saying how much she appreciated the gesture and thanked her for the ‘message of support’.
Emilia was born in England and as mum, Agnieszka explained, she took on the task of writing the letter by herself.
‘Like all the girls at her age, she loves everything royal and she is a great fan of Queen Elizabeth. She reads about her, watches documentaries about her early life and youth, etc. She made everything herself, I only helped her with addressing the envelope.’
The palace also sent some information about the queen’s life, the Crown Jewels and Buckingham Palace itself.
‘Emilia was delighted. She was so excited and never expected to get a response so it was a great shock for her and a great joy of course,’ Agnieszka added.
Emilia is Polish but was born in Britain, has been living in Drogheda for four years with her mum, dad and siblings.