For the first time this year, Ken Armstrong sent a birthday card to the Queen.
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Not expecting anything back, he was pleased when a return card turned up on his doorstep.
Mr Armstrong said he decided to send a card this year for one simple reason.
“Because I love her,” he said.
“No [I didn’t expect a response], 40 000 people send cards.”
The card thanked Mr Armstrong for his “kind wishes” on the Queen’s 90th birthday.
Mr Armstrong was born in Newcastle, England in 1934.
After WWI he was sent to Duncan in British Columbia as part of the Fairbridge scheme.
In 1951 he left Fairbridge in British Columbia and in 1952 enlisted in the Canadian Army in the Seaforth Highlanders.
There were five companies in the first Canadian Highland Battalion which later became known as the Black Watch.
When stationed in Hanover, Germany in 1953 as part of the Black Watch, Mr Armstrong was chosen as a member of the First Canadian Highland Battalion Coronation Contingent.
The contingent was chosen to march ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation Coach.
Following the Coronation they were each given a Coronation Medal at the palace.
It was from this his love of the Queen originated.