Zetland Court residents send a handmade card to the Queen… and she gets back to them!

With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee just around the corner, residents at Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, recently crafted a handmade card to congratulate the monarch on her 70 years of service.

The residents, who reside at Zetland Court’s Red Admiral House, which supports  people living with dementia, all contributed by writing, decorating and signing the card to the Queen. Eighty-one year old resident Joyce, who stuck the final ornaments on the front, wrote: ‘Long Live Her Majesty – Love, Red Admiral Residents.’

Handmade card crafted by the residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Zetland Court, in Bournemouth. The card was sent to the Queen to congratulate her on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee this year.

What they did not expect was a reply from the Queen herself. Resident Joyce says:

It is very nice of the Queen to send us a letter. I know she is busy, but she can always come for tea.

Susan Wiffen, Deputy Home Manager for the Dementia House, says:

We were thrilled to receive a message from the Queen a few weeks later. Getting an envelope from Buckingham Palace is rather unusual!

The Home’s staff opened the royal envelope eagerly and the residents read the Queen’s thank-you card, which was put up in Red Admiral House for everyone to see.

[Summary: Residents at Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, crafted a handmade card to congratulate Queen Elizabeth II on her 70 years of service. The Queen replied with a thank-you letter.]