Hundreds meet the King and Queen of England at public appearance in Sydney

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The tour began in Sydney, with the royals making their first public appearance at St Thomas' Anglican Church. Some who attended were fulfilling a life-long dream, and others finally got to meet their pen pal, the King.

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00:00We are fans of the Royal Family. Billy was lucky enough to receive a letter in response

00:07to one he wrote to the King a little while ago.

00:09What an opportunity. I'll never see the King of England or the Queen of England again or

00:14Great Britain, so here I am.

00:16I've seen him before and I've got letters from him. I sent him a card when his mother

00:20died and he sent me a card back.

00:24When he first came from his car, he came in through like over there and we were, all the

00:29kids were behind like a barrier and like he was asking us if we were like learning about

00:37the Bible and we were getting tested about the Bible.

00:40I really see them because my dad and my mother have to dream to see them but they have passed

00:46away now. I have to dream to see them and have to say them hello.

00:50I actually had a handshake with both King Charles and Queen Camilla, which was very

00:55exciting, very exciting. They were both very humble, you know, told them that we were delighted

01:00to see them.

01:01I got to shake their hands. It was such an amazing experience. It was just absolutely

01:07wonderful.

01:08When I realised that the King and Queen were just in my neighbourhood, I couldn't resist

01:12coming down to see them.

01:13I welcomed them to Sydney and I wished the King all the very best for his cancer treatment

01:18and he said, thank you very much, I really appreciate your wishes.

01:20I have actually read each for Tasmania.

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