Royalty

Andy (I'll now leave the ne'er-do-wells alone, and have a discourse with more enlightened people - though we respect each other for our differences)..........

Years ago, a little lady was sent from Grenada to the UK. Her mission? To report to Buckingham Palace. Her punishment? To receive an MBE. That was in the days when people had to do something remarkable to earn such a recognition, and not just sweep streets, as John Major had it changed to.

This lady was a school teacher. But it was not teaching that brought her to the attention of others....it was her fight against the authorities.

It was her view, that back in the 1950s, it seemed very unfair, that children had to go to adult prisons.....as there were no children's prisons in the Caribbean. She fought with words......letters to people that might be sympathetic.....and after much time....she won. A Child Court was set up, and the associated detention facilities also.

I'm related to her. Its little things like that, that matter, to an almost invisible people, on a tiny island, far away. We older West Indians, are nearly all Royalists. Ask around.

EDIT:
That little lady received her gong in 1961.....for her political efforts in the 1950s.