Queen Camilla turns her home into a Christmas grotto

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The Queen has turned Clarence House into a Christmas grotto for poorly children to enjoy. Young children with life-shortening conditions and severe illnesses, supported by the organisations Helen and Douglas House and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, enjoyed a fun-filled visit to the royal residence.     Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00You'll find a special place for you to raise your abilities to a professional level.

00:11That's brilliant. And you can find that if you want to be really high on the money here,

00:16you're pretty jobless. But in my case, it's pretty good.

00:22Oh dear.

00:24A little bit of pressure.

00:27Oh my God.

00:29Well done.

00:30Oh, thank you.

00:31Ollie, we've got some very special guests.

00:42He's got to be helped.

00:43He's such a superstar, Chris.

00:47Who are you putting on here?

00:48Not camera shy.

00:49Hi.

00:50Good to have you.

00:52Let's hear it.

00:53I've gone deaf.

00:56Well done.

00:57Thank you so much.

00:58I was going to say, you make me look insane.

01:00You're in the top.

01:01You've challenged me.

01:02You've challenged me.

01:04You choose well.

01:05Well done.

01:07Very slight.

01:08Do you like your job?

01:09Yes.

01:10Merry Christmas.

01:11That's your present.

01:13Okay.

01:14Look, look at him.

01:15How nice.

01:16Amazing.

01:17Amazing.

01:18You're very good.

01:23She's so happy.

01:24Very happy.

01:25She's very excited.

01:26She has just come alive.

01:28So she felt the bam.

01:30Yes.

01:31I think it was good.

01:37We try once more, okay?

01:49Right.

01:50William, going on the tree now, okay?

01:52Okay.

02:01There we go.

02:06Shall I go right at the top?

02:08Oh.

02:09Okay.

02:11There we go.

02:12Yes.

02:13Yes.

02:18Better not come over there.

02:32Let's try one together.

02:36My goodness me, you're doing a brilliant thing.

02:45Oh, there we are.

02:47Oh, he's coming again.

02:49He's coming again.

02:51It's a bit of a different level.

02:54Let's try and get him like that.

02:57There you are.

02:58There we go.

02:59Well done.

03:17Over.

03:19With you.

03:22What's this?

03:23Oh, this one.

03:24That's me.

03:25That's it.

03:26That one's me.

03:27Which one's Lacey?

03:28This one.

03:29They're the same.

03:30Oh, they're the same.

03:31So that's...

03:34That's me.

03:38Oh, I see.

03:41Is that yours?

03:45For you.

03:46They all seem to have got different faces.

03:52I'm going to pour it all over.

03:59Ready?

04:21Do you want me to pour it?

04:58Can you come with us?

04:59Yeah.

05:00Yeah.

05:03Oh, wow.

05:06Oh, he's in the other one.

05:08Oh, wow.

05:15Try this.

05:24For you.

05:27We're extremely grateful to Your Majesty

05:29for once again inviting our charities to be involved

05:32in this special event.

05:34Your continued support for our work,

05:36our specialist nurses and the children and families they care for

05:39has made a phenomenal difference.

05:41We are proud to share that we have over 150 role-model nurses

05:45now across the UK

05:47who care for more than 36,000 children

05:50and have lifelong complex illnesses.

05:53So it's a huge thank you for myself, Lissy,

05:56all the team in charge of the Roald Dahl's Heartless Children's Charity

05:59and Helen and the other staff too.

06:01I would also just like to take this moment

06:04to thank our marvellous Roald Dahl nurses.

06:06I don't know if they're going to put their hands up.

06:09I'm shy about this.

06:12Teresa, Helen, Paula, Lucy and Grace.

06:15As ever, I'm so humbled by your care,

06:17your commitment and your expertise.

06:19Every day your dedication and expertise

06:22transforms the lives of so many children and their families

06:25and I'm delighted that you could all be with us today.

06:28Thank you again to Your Majesty

06:30and everyone else who's been involved in organising today's event.

06:33From everyone at Roald Dahl's Heartless Children's Charity

06:36and Helen and Douglas House,

06:38we'd like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas

06:40and we have some flowers from our lovely children

06:43for Your Majesty.

06:48APPLAUSE

06:57Riley.

07:11There we are.

07:14Oh, there's a novel of hers.

07:16Oh, good choice.

07:18Thank you very much.

07:21Well, I'd like to wish everybody a very, very happy Christmas

07:25and to say how wonderful it is to have you all here today.

07:31As I always say, every year it's the start of Christmas for me

07:36and I'm sure a lot of others who come here every year

07:40to see how wonderful it is

07:42and the pleasure it gives the children

07:45and also to the parents

07:47because, you know, they need a lot of looking after as well.

07:52So I think it's so important for these two absolutely fantastic charities,

07:58both of which I'm so glad to be patron of.

08:01And we have got Father Christmas this year

08:04and I must apologise, no reindeers.

08:07They've been put in quarantine.

08:09LAUGHTER

08:11A very special person for them as well.

08:14So a very happy Christmas and a happy new year.

08:18APPLAUSE

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