Queen Elizabeth II
She surprisingly opens a hospice facility
Queen Elizabeth II opened a hospice center on Friday.
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Queen Elizabeth II has opened a hospice center with Princess Anne. A patient speaks of an “emotional” meeting.
Queen Elizabeth II (96) officially opened a new hospice facility run by the charity Thames Hospice together with Princess Anne (71) on July 15. The palace published a short clip on Instagram, showing the Queen and her daughter during the opening. The visit came as a surprise as it had not previously been officially announced.
For more than 35 years, the organization in Windsor and Maidenhead has been taking care of terminally ill, incurable people and their families. Thames Hospice offers free help to anyone who needs it. As reported by the British BBCthe Queen traveled from Windsor Castle to Maidenhead to meet local staff, helpers and patients, among others.
A “very emotional” encounter
According to the report, the Queen met a patient who is in short-term care for cancer and her husband, among others. When they were introduced, the man’s phone rang. “Typical, the phone rings immediately,” Queen Elizabeth II took the situation with humor. She could have “killed” her husband for it, the sick woman explained later and described the meeting as “very emotional”.
According to Thames Hospice it is the Queen’s fourth visit at one of the organization’s facilities. The Queen opened the original center in November 1987.
Only at the end of June did Duchess Kate (40) and Prince William (40) visited a children’s hospice run by East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) in Milton. The organization takes care of children and young people and their families. The Duchess has been Patron since 2012 and is committed to EACH’s work in the Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk regions.