Nearly 80 years separate Lola Woodfield and Irene Hardman but the schoolgirl and pensioner have one thing in common - their love and respect for the Queen. Ahead of Her Majesty's state funeral on Monday September 19, they have spoken about what Queen Elizabeth II meant to them.
Lola, eight, from Hucknall was one of the last people to receive a letter from the Queen after sending a photo of a cake she designed and baked for her school's Platinum Jubilee party. The youngster was thrilled when a thank you letter turned up at her home with the royal ER stamp.
The youngster wanted to show the Queen the cake she and her mum Kayleigh Spencer had baked and decorated with a crown and bunting. Lola also drew a picture of the Royal Family on Buckingham Palace's balcony during the jubilee celebrations and wrote telling the Queen how she'd loved watching the TV sketch of the Queen having tea with Paddington Bear, had planted one of the Commonwealth trees in her garden and sung a song about her at school., Holly Hill Primary in Selston.
