A bit woman who met the Queen has a very memorable story to inform – after she was by chance smacked within the face by a saluting soldier simply moments afterwards.
Wearing conventional Welsh costume, Maisie Gregory, 6, introduced the monarch with a posy and a curtsey at an occasion in Cardiff seven years in the past.
Her Majesty was overheard telling her she appeared ‘very fairly’ in her Welsh conventional costume, earlier than including ‘God Bless’.
However the day took an sudden flip when poor Maisie was by chance thumped on the top by a lance corporal standing subsequent to her.
The mishap noticed her bonnet despatched flying simply because the then-89-year-old Queen turned away.
The monarch didn’t discover the conflict however the soldier instantly turned spherical to apologise to Maisie and her mum Joanne Gregory.
Joanne mentioned on the time that her daughter was advantageous and only a bit drained, having been awake since 4.45am that morning.
The Queen had been visiting the Millennium Stadium to current new colors to the Royal Welsh Regiment when their paths crossed.
Maisie’s father, Regimental Sergeant Main Martin Gregory, had led the Royal Welsh on a march from Cardiff Fort.
A veteran who has served in Bosnia, Northern Eire, Iraq and Afghanistan, Martin advised Wales On-line in 2015 that Maisie had been excitedly telling all of her schoolmates about her upcoming royal counter.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died aged 96 on September 8, with two of her kids by her aspect at Balmoral Fort.
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