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Bishop and Norfolk MPs send good wishes to Queen

David Freezer Monday, March 4, 2013
9:13 AM

Good wishes have flooded in for the Queen from around Norfolk after Her Majesty was admitted to hospital with symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Rev Graham James, said: “We are not used to the Queen being ill, even if it is, as we hope, not very serious. “I’m sure there will be millions of people praying for her and wishing for her speedy return to full health, nowhere more so than in Norfolk.”

Nick Daubney, leader of West Norfolk council, said: “I like to think West Norfolk has a special relationship with the Royal Family, so we’d all wish her well for a speedy recovery.”

Paddy Seligman, chairman of the EDP We Care Appeal said: “I am sure the carers in Norfolk that we are able to help through our charity would want to convey get well wishes for a speedy recovery to Her Majesty.”

North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb, who met the Queen for the first time when she visited the Royal London Hospital in east London last Wednesday, said; “She keeps on going with a heavy schedule of appointments despite her age, we do wish her a speedy recovery.”

Norwich North MP, Chloe Smith said: “She seems very rarely to be unwell or out of action for any reason, so we will all wish her a very speedy recovery and all value her and the magnificent job she does when she is feeling her best.”

William Nunn, leader of Breckland Council, said: “She is held in great esteem in the county and I think people feel that Norfolk has been the home of the royal family for several generations.”

Robin Goreham, chairman of Breckland Council, said: “I’m sure everyone in Breckland wishes the Queen a very speedy recovery and hopefully it is not too serious. “She does not often let illness get in the way and we hope she is back on her official duties very soon.”

Terry Jennison, the mayor of Swaffham, said: “It’s so unusual for our Queen to be in hospital and we now just wish her a rapid recovery.”

Colleen Walker, mayor of Great Yarmouth, said: “We would like to send our best wishes from Great Yarmouth and hope that Her Majesty gets better.”

Trevor Wainwright, leader of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, said: “Our thoughts are with her and I’m hoping for a quick recovery. People in Yarmouth wish her well.”

Terry Lamb, Mayor of Thetford, said: “I’m sorry to hear she has fallen ill and wish her a speedy and full recovery because she is such a well-loved monarch. “I hope it’s nothing serious. I’m sure most people in the town would echo that.”

Mayor of Diss, Graham Minshull said: “Our thoughts are with her. We wish her a speedy recovery. “Hopefully she will be up and about again soon and back to doing what she does best.”

Waveney MP Peter Aldous said: “I am sure I speak for everyone in Waveney in wishing her a full and speedy recovery.”

The Mayor of Lowestoft, Nick Webb, said: “On behalf of the people of Lowestoft I would like to wish Her Majesty a speedy recovery.”

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the Queen was in “good spirits” last night.

She was struck with the stomach bug on Friday and was forced to pull out of engagements for the coming week, but the 86-year-old was “otherwise in good health”, according to a spokesman.

After cancelling a visit to Wales on Saturday to rest at Windsor, the monarch was admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital in London yesterday as a “precaution”, despite being well enough earlier in the day to meet with an employee to award her a medal for long service.

She is likely to stay at the hospital for two days, so she has been forced to cancel a visit to HMS Lancaster in London today and a reception for MPs and MEPs at Buckingham Palace will now be hosted by another member of the royal family.

A two-day tour to Rome with the Duke of Edinburgh, which was due to begin on Thursday, has also been called off to allow the Queen to rest.

A Palace spokesman said: “This is a precautionary measure. She was not taken into hospital immediately after feeling the symptoms. This is simply to enable doctors to better assess her.”

Among those keen to send their well wishes to Her Majesty was the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Rev Graham James, who said: “We are not used to the Queen being ill, even if it is, as we hope, not very serious.

“I’m sure there will be millions of people praying for her and wishing for her speedy return to full health, nowhere more so than in Norfolk.”

And Norwich North MP Chloe Smith said: “The Queen is a remarkable lady for many reasons and one of them is her sheer robustness.

“She seems very rarely to be unwell or out of action for any reason, so we will all wish her a very speedy recovery and all value her and the magnificent job she does when she is feeling her best.

“I know many people in Norwich will be wishing her well, just as when the Duke of Edinburgh has been ill, and more so because of the strong year the royal family had with the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics.”

The Queen undertook a number of engagements last week.

On Tuesday she met the Archbishop of Canterbury at Buckingham Palace and on Wednesday North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb met the Queen for the first time when she visited the revamped Royal London Hospital.

Mr Lamb said: “She is a formidable woman and has a remarkable sense of duty. She keeps on going with a heavy schedule of appointments despite her age, we do wish her a speedy recovery.”

7 comments

Nothing wrong with reporting the Queen's illness or sending her our best wishes, but do we really need all the awful MPs and councillors using it as a PR opportunity. The paper goes further, reporting f***ing Cameon has sent his best wishes. Next thing you know he will be removing your human rights!

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Police Commissioner ???

Monday, March 4, 2013
good job she was not taken ill at sandringham and needed an ambulance!

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norfolkandgood

Monday, March 4, 2013
Norman Hall, if Essex is a colony, then I am colonial. Not everyone loves the royal family, we all have different views, it doesnt make me "wrong", just different. I am a citizen, not a subject and I am not "reigned" over.

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kiwidog

Monday, March 4, 2013
" Kiwidog" your name suggest that you are a colonial ,an excuse possibly for your total insensitivity. The Queen is a remarkable woman who has never failed this country, Unlike the politicians such as Mr Lamb who seems to be headline hogging as usual. The Queen of England is a unique person and though I loathe the national anthem. long may she reign over us.

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norman hall

Monday, March 4, 2013
human being suffers illness the rest of us sometimes get......this is not news

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kiwidog

Monday, March 4, 2013
What a wonderfully caring individual that Chloe Smith is ... chloesmithwatchdotwordpressdotcom

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Mr Cameron Isaliar

Monday, March 4, 2013
How nauseating that the EDP has once again used a genuine story of real concern to a great many of its readers as a front for local politicians’ soundbites. Totally unnecessary and very poor form. A contrived excuse for these despicable people to cynically attempt to portray a caring side to woo voters. As for poor Gordon Brown, he must be wondering why he never had this "good fortune" as PM. Seems every time DaveCam is in hot water a Royal story comes along to deflect the media's attention from his latest calamity. I can't keep count - jubilee, Philip ill, wedding, pregnancy, morning sickness, etc etc. Anyway, get well soon Ma’am!

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Mr Cameron Isaliar

Monday, March 4, 2013