Colonel Tom Moore said it will be ‘the most special of days’ when the Queen knights him at Windsor Castle on Friday for raising more than £32million for the NHS. The fundraising hero will travel to the Berkshire royal residence with members of his family for the rare investiture with the monarch. In a message on his official Twitter account, the fundraiser said: ‘I could never have imagined this would happen to me. ‘It is such a huge honour and I am very much looking forward to meeting Her Majesty The Queen. It is going to be the most special of days for me.’ Colonel Tom Moore, pictured from his home in Bedfordshire above, will travel to the Berkshire royal residence with members of his family for the rare investiture with the monarch on Friday The message was followed with the hashtag #FridayWillBeAGoodDay. Colonel Sir Tom won the hearts of the nation after originally setting out to raise £1,000 for health service charities by walking laps of his Bedfordshire garden. Royal investitures were put on hold during the pandemic and those scheduled to take place at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in June and July were… Read full this story
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