The Queen is mellow in yellow as she hosts soldiers and war veterans at Buckingham Palace garden party (742 hits)
The Queen is mellow in yellow as she hosts soldiers and war veterans at Buckingham Palace garden party - 93 years after her grandmother hosted the first ever one
Queen hosted annual Not Forgotten Association’s (NFA) afternoon Viewed collection from King George’s war museum and chatted to veterans First official garden party, the idea of Queen Mary, was held in 1921
By Bianca London
Published: 11:50 EST, 26 June 2014 | Updated: 12:09 EST, 26 June 2014
Ninety-three years after her grandmother hosted the first official party to mark the contribution of those in the armed forces, the Queen met servicemen and women at a special garden party today.
Soldiers aged in their 20s joined war veterans for the annual Not Forgotten Association’s (NFA) afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
Taking on a special significance in this centenary year of the First World War, the Queen, accompanied by her son the Duke of York, viewed a collection from King George’s war museum, charting the origins of the garden parties from WWI.
A letter of condolence sent from the Palace to the bereaved family of a soldier and images of the royals hosting veterans at the Palace during the war all feature as part of the collection.
Royal librarian Oliver Urquhart-Irvine said: 'It’s an extraordinary record of the Royal Family and Royal Household’s support for wounded servicemen after the First World War and that continues to this day.
'It is of course particularly fitting this year as we approach the centenary of World War One. The first official garden party, the idea of Queen Mary, was held in 1921, a year after the formation of the tri-service charity the NFA.
