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The Queen spoke to a woman who lost her husband to cancer during a visit to an 18th century mill in Shrewsbury.
Tracey Hanan, 56, showed Camilla a wooden board that was used to hold a pork pie wedding cake when she married her late husband Tony in 2017.
Mrs Hanan was left distraught when the engraving on the dashboard bearing their names began to fade following the death of her husband from prostate cancer in 2021.
But the item returned to its former glory when she visited the Shrewsbury Repair Cafe, which restores damaged items, and was one of a group of volunteers who met the Queen on Wednesday.
Mrs Hanan’s brief conversation with Camilla about the loss of her husband took on particular intensity given the King and Princess of Wales’ recent cancer diagnoses.
Queen Camilla meets well-wishers during a visit to the farmers’ market in The Square, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, today.
The Queen, pictured making a spring wreath during today’s visit, spoke to a woman who lost her husband to cancer on her visit to an 18th century mill in Shrewsbury.
The woman’s brief conversation with Camilla about the loss of her husband was given particular intensity by the King and Princess of Wales’ recent cancer diagnoses. Camilla is pictured with King Charles, Prince William and Princess Catherine before the diplomatic reception in Room 1844 at Buckingham Palace last December.
“She’ll probably find out about all this herself now,” Ms. Hanan told reporters.
The Queen, he said, had told him the wooden board was “beautiful”.
Mrs Hanan said: “It was absolutely incredible when it was repaired, I cried my eyes out.” I tried to repair it myself, I thought I was going to make it worse. It bothered me that I couldn’t repair it; my husband could have fixed it.’
Her husband was 72 years old when he lost his life to prostate cancer.
“We had two years of happiness and two years of hell,” Mrs. Hanan said. “Then she left.”
Camilla also received a gift she said would make her husband, the King, “delighted” while she met with groups of volunteers at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
Bill Stanley, 77, had been waiting since 1958 for the opportunity to pass on to the Royal Family a photograph he had taken of Lord Mountbatten, when he was only 12 years old.
Mr Stanley, who met the Queen with members of the Royal Volunteer Service, said: “When I was 12 I spent the day with my father and Lord Mountbatten and he said: ‘Would I like to take a photo of him, because he had a camera around my neck.
Queen Camilla smiles and waves as she leaves Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings today
Queen Camilla meets members of local volunteer groups during a visit to the newly restored Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings today
The Queen visited the newly restored heritage site and met volunteers from local groups before unveiling a plaque to commemorate her visit.
“I took a photo and have been waiting for the opportunity to give it to a member of the Royal Family ever since.”
When he handed the black and white portraits to the Queen, she told him: “My husband will be delighted.”
Volunteers from the Shrewsbury Interfaith Forum used their meeting with the Queen as an opportunity to pass on their best wishes to her husband, the King and Princess of Wales. She thanked them warmly.
John Mustafa, co-chair of the forum, presented the Queen with an English copy of the Quran.