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Mathilde Grandjean

Artist ‘nearly fainted’ when she found out commission was gift for Queen

An artist has said she “nearly fainted” when she found out the dog portrait she had been commissioned to draw was a gift for the Queen.

Camilla was delighted to receive a pencil portrait of her beloved rescue dogs Bluebell and Beth – who died last year – and a second picture of her recently adopted puppy Moley, during a visit to the new Bromham Community Hub in Wiltshire.

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