First in the queue at Cardiff Castle to bag a good spot for the 96-round gun salute was Sara Rees, a 56-year-old radiographer, who waited patiently in the drizzle with her cockapoo, Teddy.
Like many who attended, she had her own personal royal memories. “I first saw the Queen in 1977 at the time of her silver jubilee,” Rees said. “She came to Neath when I was 11. She opened a leisure centre, visited a factory and then she went to Margam Park. We all had a day off school and went and saw her. Everyone loved her.
