Cancer charity leaders and Royal Navy officer honoured at ‘extraordinary’ palace

Amanda Mifsud and Raymond Mifsud, co-founders, Abbie’s Army, after being made Member’s of the Order of the British Empire at an investiture ceremony at St James’s Palace, London (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire) - (PA Wire)

A couple who founded a children’s cancer charity in their daughter’s memory, and the leader of the first crew of Royal Navy submariners to row the Atlantic, were among those honoured at St James’s Palace for the first time in four years.

Abbie’s Army founders Amanda and Ray Mifsud and Lieutenant Commander Hugo Mitchell-Heggs were made MBEs by the Princess Royal on Thursday.