A FIVE YEAR OLD RECEIVED A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER THE QUEEN FOUND HIS BALLOON WHILE OUT WALKING HER BELOVED CORGIS. CHARLIE CASTLE WAS ONE OF AROUND 50 SCHOOLCHILDREN WHO RELEASED BALLOONS DURING AN END OF TERM FAREWELL AT LITTLE MARLOW INFANT SCHOOL IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE IN JULY. WHEN THE YOUNGSTER RETURNED TO CLASSES THIS TERM, HE WAS DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE QUEEN, WHO CAME ACROSS HIS GREEN BALLOON ABOUT 14 MILES AWAY, IN THE GROUNDS OF WINDSOR CASTLE. THE QUEEN SPOTTED THE NUMBERED TICKET, NAMING THE LITTLE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, AND TOOK THE BALLOON BACK TO THE CASTLE. HER PERSONAL ASSISTANT, ANGELA KELLY, WAS ENTRUSTED WITH RETURNING IT TO CHARLIE, FROM HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS, ALONG WITH A NOTE. ANNE HARDING, HEAD OF THE LITTLE MARLOW SCHOOL SAID: "THERE WAS A MESSAGE LEFT ON THE SCHOOL ANSWER MACHINE FROM SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY WERE CALLING FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE. I THOUGHT IT COULD BE A WIND-UP BUT I MADE CONTACT, I WAS TOLD THAT THE QUEEN WOULD LIKE TO SEND A LETTER." HARDING SAID THE SCHOOL KEPT QUIET ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED UNTIL THE LETTER ARRIVED LAST MONTH, DELIGHTING ITS RECIPIENT WHO HAD JUST CELEBRATED HIS FIFTH BIRTHDAY. WHEN THE ENVELOPE WAS OPENED, THE LITTLE BOY ALSO FOUND HIS GREEN BALLOON TUCKED INSIDE. THE HEADTEACHER SAID CHARLIE, WHO HAD VISITED BUCKINGHAM PALACE DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, WAS THRILLED BY THE MONARCH'S RESPONSE. IN THE LETTER TO CHARLIE THE QUEEN SAID SHE WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW FAR THE BALLOON HAD TRAVELED AND SHE ALSO WISHED HIM A 'LOVELY' BIRTHDAY. FIFTEEN OF THE BALLOONS RELEASED WERE RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL, THE FURTHEST FROM BORDEAUX IN SOUTH OF FRANCE.
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