Get involved THE Princess Royal arrived in Cardiff to offer warm thanks and words of encouragement to a group of charity volunteers.
Princess Anne was at the Save the Children’s annual lunch in the capital’s City Hall where she told the charity’s workers how much their hard work meant. The charity’s president met with pupils from Howell’s School and groups of the charity’s most dedicated workers. After a brief, five-minute welcome reception, Her Royal Highness climbed the stairs of the Cathays building and delivered a speech to around 500 guests. “Save the Children is still a pioneering and progressive organisation &ndash we are still finding holes in services and a means of filling them and we have to keep doing that even in times of difficult economic conditions,” she told the guests. “After 90 years, Save the Children is still held high in terms of its recognition and esteem. This recognition and respects says a lot about its high degree of support and we cannot do anything without it and the people here, like you.”
Among the invited guests was 89-year-old Valeda Rees, the president of Save the Children’s Aberdare branch and who was presented to the Princess before the start of the lunch.