A Leeds woman was sent “over 1,000” birthday cards from around the world to mark her 105th birthday.
As well as receiving cakes, a cardigan, a homemade blanket, gifts and cards from America, Australia, Ireland and the length of the United Kingdom, Lilian Todd also received a birthday card from King Charles III – which she will now keep with the one she received from his mother Queen Elizabeth II on her 100th birthday.
I couldn’t have done it without them.” Lilian received cards from all over after an appeal for them was issued online and in the Yorkshire Evening Post by the wellbeing and activities coordinator Kirsty Burleigh, who said that Lilian was “overwhelmed” by the gestures of kindness. She said that the room where the cards had been put on display looked “like a museum”, adding: “It’s just so good to know that there are so many nice people out there. 'We kept telling her she was a celebrity.
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