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Samuel Port

Leeds woman emotional meeting King Charles in moment 'she will never forget'

A Leeds woman told King Charles III how she suffered “abuse from her own people” when she volunteered in the police force when she met him today.

Joan Fishley, 60, has been featured in a Jamaica Society Leeds exhibition at Leeds Central Library, celebrating Jamaican and West Indian culture in the city. His Royal Highness visited the ‘Rebellion to Romance’ exhibition today (November 8) and spoke to community figureheads who had been featured in the exhibition.

Joan, who lives in Gipton, became a special constable for West Yorkshire Police when she was in her 20s. The King asked her about what that was like.

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