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The Master thanks Her majesty for visiting Her Wellington College in the Anniversary Year marking 150 years of existence and Royal connections.
This was followed by ‘Three Cheers for Her Majesty’, lead by Head of College, Patrick Ware [L]
Columbus Taylor [Bl]. She then passed into Princes’ Quad
and stood with the Master on a dais facing the biggest
a low point in our history, and now seventy years later a
crowd of the afternoon. The Corps of drums drummed
time of confidence for the future. Head of College then
with even more vigour than normal. A present was given
led us in ‘three cheers for Her Majesty’, a heartfelt tribute
Her and Dr Seldon gave a short speech of thanks for Her
to our Visitor, on a day that we shall remember for the rest
visit. He reminded Her of previous visits, beginning with
Charlie Pickard [Bl], Deputy Head Boy escorts Her Majesty into the ‘Victoria and Albert’ Café, a building miraculously transformed from the Change Baths,
off Princes’ (formerly Lower Combermere) Quad. Prince Albert is the Queen’s Great-great-grandfather
Her first, in 1940 shortly after the bombs fell on College,
of our lives. Patrick Ware, Georgie Singer, Charlie Pickard.
Her Majesty is entertained by the A Capella Choir and meets Annabel West [Ap]
and Anton Craton [R], introduced by Simon Williamson (Director)
and Xavier Iles (Deputy Director of Music)
A parting gift of a sculptured figure is presented to Her Majesty
by the sculptor, Richard Gunston [Bd]