Thursday, 07 June 2012 12:50
‘“The day the Queen got to the school, I was part of a group of kids that went on a picnic with her and her husband and some of the priests, down to a meadow near Dead Man’s Creek.
“I remember it was weird because we all had to bend down and kiss her foot, a white laced boot.
“After awhile, I saw the Queen leave the picnic with ten children from the school, and those kids never returned.’
‘While the rest of the nation took a breather after the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, there was no let-up for Her Majesty yesterday.
After four gruelling days of engagements, the 86-year-old Queen conducted private audiences at Buckingham Palace before meeting prime ministers and governors-general from across the Commonwealth at a reception to honour her 60 years on the throne.
She then visited the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital, where he is receiving treatment for a bladder infection.’