AS A RECORD-BREAKER TAKES TEA AT THE PALACE THE KING AND QUEEN PAY TRIBUTE TO ARMED FORCES AND CELEBRATE THE EFFORTS OF EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG FUNDRAISERS

He was disappointed when heavy traffic forced him to miss a garden party at Buckingham Palace, but young fundraiser Tony Hudgell was treated to a private tea party with the Queen last week to make up for it.

- TRACY SCHAVERIEN

Tony, nine, and 11-year-old Lyla O’Donovan, who missed the official party due to ill health, were welcomed into the Summer House in the palace gardens, where they and their families joined Her Majesty for sandwiches and scones.

The Queen also presented Tony with his British Empire Medal, awarded for services to the prevention of child abuse after he raised almost £2m for the Evelina Children’s Hospital in London.