When I had lunch with the Queen ......
Met someone for lunch.
On the 6th of March 2003 I sat next to the Queen
when she visited Romford –
first time in her 50 year reign!
I was the CEO at the local YMCA - back in the day.
Thanks to those who nominated me,
I was placed as an option to sit on her right hand –
but I understand it was Her Majesty who picked me.
Hey! Hey!
Interesting – I planned what I wanted to communicate to and with her.
I didn’t want to talk ‘level one’,
(Corgi dogs and Buckingham Palace gossip!)
It did help because I had met the Queen Mother
when she visited the Mayflower Family Centre some years ago.
She remembered the Queen Mums famous photograph
of her playing snooker with me in support on the picture.
I talked to the Queen about:
Santos::
A young man who had the worst of starts in life BUT
had found a family whilst living in the YMCA
and after he had moved out to live in the community.
Two Doors::
About the two doors and human development
This is an experiential question I ask in groups/facilitation.
I will blog about that again soon.
Volunteers::
About her majesty being our Chief Volunteer (National Patron)
and how we had 200 active volunteers at our local YMCA.
Her majesty was particularly interested in knowing
how we integrated our YMCA work
with the most needy AND
a spectrum of people from the community.
We did talk personally and she was interested in our family
plus human growth and development, faith, and the YMCA!
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