Overview
- Carmela Chillery-Watson, 11, was invested on Wednesday after being named in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to charitable fundraising.
- She met the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle and discussed her charity work and the money she has raised.
- Her campaigns for Muscular Dystrophy UK have generated more than £400,000 across roughly 25 fundraising and awareness initiatives.
- She lives with a rare muscle-wasting condition diagnosed in 2017, reported to affect about one in a million children.
- She described being "speechless" on learning of the award and said she set out to make a positive difference in communities.