Meet the children with a key role in Royal Maundy service

FOUR local children will play a key role in the Royal Maundy service today as King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Durham Cathedral.

- EMILY GRAY

Royal Maundy takes place each year on the Thursday before Easter and is a special service in which the King expresses his gratitude for those who serve and volunteer in their communities by giving them Maundy money.

It is the first time the service will take place in Durham Cathedral in almost 60 years and information including what roads will be closed and how to get access and a drone warning have been issued as the city prepares for the historic event.

By ancient tradition, four children accompany the monarch as he walks around the cathedral distributing the Maundy money, each carrying a posy of flowers. The children will also wear their school uniform to represent their school community.

This year Euan Black and Indrakshi Chatterjee from Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation and Sam Parkinson and Eve Brown from Durham Johnston School have been invited to play these historic roles in the service. Their parents have been invited to witness this proud moment.

Euan Black, aged 11, feels he has been given a 'great honour'.