Proclamation 'a great representation of the island’
ISLANDERS and visitors turned out to take part in the proclamation of King Charles III on the Quay.
There was a real mix of ages.
Eleisha Gettings was there with her daughter Marli, 4, and her parents Greg and Yvonne Gettings.
‘We are here mainly because it was such a historic event,’ she said.
‘It is also for Marli. She is four so she will likely remember this.’
Marli gave the event a thumbs up.
Mr Gettings said it was also a good chance to remember the Queen.
‘She was such a presence in all our lives,’ he said.
‘One of my earliest memories was when I was four watching the coronation.’
Couple Geoff and Jennie Dorey had put on smart clothes to attend the event.
‘It is a once-in-a-lifetime event,’ Mr Dorey said.
‘It’s such a momentous occasion.’
There were a lot of visitors in the crowd enjoying an early autumn holiday.
That included Jean Arnott, 83, from West Yorkshire.
‘I think it was very moving,’ she said.
‘It’s a great representation of the island and I was pleased to see it.’
Davina Price, 78, had been visiting Guernsey from Vancouver for a very different reason with her husband, Bill.
Her father, Thomas Morris, died in 1943 when HMS Charybdis was sunk in the English Channel and his body was never found.
Her mother Jennie recently died, aged 104, and Mrs Price wanted to bring her mother’s ashes back and sprinkle them on the memorial to the lost sailors.
It was just by chance they were in the island for the proclamation.
‘It’s amazing to be here for this,’ Mrs Price said.
‘It’s nice to see how it’s done.’
