More than 1,000 yen Paddington Bear and other things to do left to remember the past Queen Elizabeth II in London and Windsor will be donated to a children’s charity, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.
The mourners left thousands of tributes, including flowers and teddy bears, outside Buckingham Palace and in the royal parks in London and beyond Windsor Castle in overwhelming grief after the UK’s longest-reigning monarch died on 8 September at the age of 96.
The Queen is associated with Paddington Bearanother British national treasure, after the two appeared together in a short comedy video in Platinum Jubilee Celebration earlier this year to mark the king’s 70 years on the throne. The video shows the queen drinking afternoon tea with a computer-animated Paddington bear, seeing her tell the bear that she shares his love for marmalade sandwiches – and she likes to hide them in her purse. “for later”.
Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear drink cream tea at Buckingham Palace from a film shown at the BBC Platinum Party at the Palace. (Buckingham Palace / Studio Canal / BBC Studios / Heyday Films / PA Wire / Broadcast via REUTERS)
Buckingham Palace and royal parks said on Saturday the hundreds of bears left in memory of the queen would be professionally cleaned before being handed over to Barnado’s, a children’s charity.
Elizabeth has been a patron of the charity for over 30 years, and in 2016 she transferred patronage to Camilla, wife of King Charles III and now known as Queen Consort.
Lynn Perry, Barnardo’s chief executive officer, said: “We are honored to be able to give homes to what people have left in her memory. “We promise to care for these bears that will be loved and brought joy to the children we support.”
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