Queen Elizatbeth II meeting members of the community affected by the Grenfell Tower blaze on a visit to the Westway Sports Centre which is providing temporary shelter for those who have been made homeless
Rhianna Levi, 17, was so busy giving her details to the British Red Cross volunteer at the door that she didn’t spot the police outrider drawing up behind her.
Nor did she notice the noisy metallic chorus of camera shutters or the blue hat moving towards her.Her mind was on finding somewhere for her family to live for the foreseeable future. Forms completed, she turned round to rejoin her mother. Whereupon, she found herself chatting to the Queen.
After this week’s carefully stage-managed appearances at the Grenfell disaster zone by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, there was something rather touching, unspun and authentic about the surprise visit by the monarch yesterday.
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