{"id":7663,"date":"2020-07-19T18:52:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2020-07-19T18:52:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T18:52:23","slug":"queen-makes-rare-public-appearance-to-knight-captain-tom-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/queen-makes-rare-public-appearance-to-knight-captain-tom-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen makes unexpected public appearance to Knight Captain Tom Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&rsquo;s a public appearance that wasn&rsquo;t expected, but it&rsquo;s one no one will have an objection to. After many weeks of avoiding public gathering, the Queen herself was present to Knight Captain Tom at Windsor Castle. The ceremony took place outdoors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 100-year-old World War II veteran earlier made history by raising over &pound;32 million for the NHS. He walked a 100 laps in his garden, and in doing so did more to help fight the current pandemic than most. He had started out with a simple goal of &pound;1,000 but raised so much more. He has become an inspiration to many in these trying times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WW2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WW2<\/a> veteran, Captain Sir Tom Moore embarked on 100 laps of his garden with the aim to raise &pound;1,000 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHSCharities?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHSCharities<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/captaintommoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@captaintommoore<\/a> has now raised over &pound;32 million for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHS<\/a>, and inspired so many people along the way. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wVIIsR6k8B\">pic.twitter.com\/wVIIsR6k8B<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1284140033243480066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly Knighted veteran has captured the hearts of the people with his charm and dedication. He has put the soldier in his heart to work to reach new feats, even at this age. Our favourite Knight was in an upbeat mood during the ceremony, even joking &ldquo;if I kneel down, I&rsquo;ll never get up again, but I&rsquo;m sure it&rsquo;ll go well, as she&rsquo;s done it before&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_190.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7670\" width=\"530\" height=\"471\"\/><figcaption>Our new Knight, with his proud family. &ndash; Photo source: Twitter: @RoyalFamily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though there was doubt that the Queen would resurface, given the threat Covid-19 poses, she chose to make this an exception. Everyone can agree that this was a welcome decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&rsquo;s to Sir Tom, who has shown us the way of light in these difficult times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s a public appearance that wasn&rsquo;t expected, but it&rsquo;s one no one will have an objection to. After many weeks of avoiding public gathering, the Queen herself was present to Knight Captain Tom at Windsor Castle. The ceremony took place outdoors. The 100-year-old World War II veteran earlier made history by raising over &pound;32 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"It's a public appearance that wasn't expected, but it's one no one will have an objection to. After many weeks of avoiding public gathering, the Queen herself was present to ... 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