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Madeleine receives a letter from the Prince of Wales!

Ten year-old Madeleine Robinson, from St Hugh’s Prep School, in Hertfordshire, was delighted when she recently received a letter from HRH The Prince of Wales. Madeleine had sent a card to The Prince of Wales last month, to tell him about her love of playing the harp and to ask whether she would be eligible to be a Royal Harpist when she was older. Madeleine’s grandmother, who had told her all about the Prince of Wales’s Official Harpist, has been poorly recently and so Madeleine wrote the letter in an effort to cheer her up and hopefully get a reply back.

Madeleine, who lives in Westmill, near Buntingford, was therefore thrilled when the letter from Clarence House arrived, together with some information about the current Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales, Claire Jones.

Madeleine has been playing the harp since she was five and now plays a full-size concert harp. She is about to take her Grade 3 music exam.

Jacqueline Hart, Head of St Hugh’s School said: “Madeleine plays the harp beautifully and is very keen to play professionally in the future, so she was absolutely thrilled to have her letter and achievements acknowledged by The Prince of Wales.”

Photo:Madeleine with her harp and Royal letter outside St Hugh’s School.