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11-Year-Old Fundraiser Invested With MBE at Windsor Castle

The Government says she may be the youngest person ever to receive the honour, with incomplete historical records preventing confirmation.

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.