Lilibet

Thanks Calendargirl I do wonder what happened to my gran's copy. Mind she could just have given it away. She had a habit of doing that if somebody said they liked something.

Yes Trisher, sounds like the same book. All about the lead up to Edward V111 becoming king, the abdication and then the coronation of George V1.

It has an impressive gold cover, I thought it was very posh when I was little. When Mum died, I claimed it.

Oh come on trisher, if you read my post it was the children who created the spot, in addition to other areas on the premises, including the pet area for comforting. You can have more than one. And yes, it has been around for ages.

Ellianne

Sophie (and Edward) planted a tree in our school garden. The visit was of no educational value, but the children named it Sophie's tree and anyone who was feeling sad or left out could go and sit on the bench under it. That was of far more value to them, as a little sanctuary, and made them feel safe and special. It's how you use the royals' visits. Little things.

It shouldn't take a royal visit for a school to establish a place of safety or a friendship bench for the children. In fact it's quite common and has been since before I retired, along with the Buddy system. Googling it I see it has now become big business with specialist firms making special "Buddy Benches". Ours was just a wooden seat.

Anniebach

trisher you do not know those children were carefully picked, fact. You assume they were carefully picked, you don’t
know if that school was a difficult school either.

I don't suppose it was a difficult school for a RF visit Annie. However I have worked in difficult schools and seen prestige visitors welcomed by children who could be trusted to behave themselves and not swear or otherwise upset the visitor.

That’s lovely Ellianne

Another little thing, Charles still invites the ‘young wives’, not
now young to Highgrove , they are women from a village in
South Wales , Aberfan.

Exactly Elliane. The little things.

Little things are so important

Sophie (and Edward) planted a tree in our school garden. The visit was of no educational value, but the children named it Sophie's tree and anyone who was feeling sad or left out could go and sit on the bench under it. That was of far more value to them, as a little sanctuary, and made them feel safe and special. It's how you use the royals' visits. Little things.

trisher you do not know those children were carefully picked, fact. You assume they were carefully picked, you don’t
know if that school was a difficult school either.

Anniebach

Who said the children were carefully picked ?

Everybody who has worked in a difficult school knows there are some people you keep somewhere else when an important visitor comes

I agree,too,eazybee. Teachers are expected to be social workers, parents and therapists as well as teachers these days. Not good.

Well said, eazybee

I agree eazybee , always poverty blamed, never neglectful
parents .

I saw Kate Catherine and William once, by chance. They had popped up to talk to a carefully picked set of acceptable former young offenders who didn't look too scary.

As they come out, they were into that car and away quick as you like, no mixing with the hoi polloi.

I'm sure it was a security thing

trisher you old cynic,

lighten up a bit.

I would not say the education system is crumbling.
I would say that it is being expected to take on more and more responsibility for the consequences of poor parenting, which demands an ever-increasing amount of time, resources and money.

Who said the children were carefully picked ?

Calendargirl I think my gran had that book when I was little. Are there photos of the princesses with a doll's pram and in a Wendy house?

It isn't any use any high profile royal 'taking an interest in education' whilst it remains such a badly funded and neglected area. Photo shoots of any member of the RF standing in a classroom with a small group of happy smiling, carefully picked children just perpetuates the idea that things are OK really, when most of us know the system is crumbling.

Resurrecting the “Who called the Queen, Lilibet in the first place?”…..

Have just perused my ‘Coronation Souvenir Book 1937’.

A page of pictures of Princess Elizabeth Heir Presumptive.

There is one of her entitled ‘1930: She called herself “Princess Lilibet” then’.

It’s a very interesting read.

As this whole thread is all about names, doesn't that just show that a high profile royal is identifiable under various interchangeable names? In other words, they must have some sort of importance amongst the population who recognise the different names instantly?
So William = Wills = Duke of Cambridge
Kate Middleton = Catherine = Duchess of Cambridge
Does it matter which is used in a chat?
The Lilibet name is different, because it was a very personal nickname.

Thank you maddy

I absolutely understand that Annie

I am so wrong to say Kate, my darling daughter’s name was the same as your daughter maddyone, I find it so difficult to use
the name .