Centenarian receives ‘the final telegram’ sent by Her Majesty
A WOMAN who received a posthumous message from Queen Elizabeth II to mark her 100th birthday has described feeling “very privileged”.
Gwendolyn Hoare said she had been “devastated” by the death of the monarch last Thursday, which came on the cusp of her own personal milestone.
The next day, Ms Hoare received a delivery she had been looking forward to for decades, a telegram signed by the Queen. It would have been one of Queen Elizabeth II’S final birthday messages, which were sent to those celebrating their 100th and 105th birthday – and every year thereafter.