Leonn Meade was just two-and-a-half when he last met the Queen, when his dad brought him on stage at a gig to celebrate her 60th birthday – then wished he hadn’t.
The toddler, whose father Bazil founded the London Community Gospel Choir, took an interest in the monarch’s shiny turquoise dress at 1986 event at the Royal Festival Hall, and still remembers pulling the sequins off her expensive gown one by one.
Thirty-six years later, he’s now in charge of the choir, which is looking forward to one of the biggest weeks in its history.
