Queen Elizabeth Thanks Boy Who Made a Puzzle to "Cheer Her Up"

From Town & Country

Even as other members of the royal family begin to resume their public engagements, Queen Elizabeth remains in lockdown in Windsor Castle, as her advanced age puts her at high risk for COVID-19. Essex's Timothy Madders found this worrying.

The seven-year-old "wanted to do something to cheer her up," his mother, Jo Madders, told the BBC. So, naturally, he constructed a happiness-themed word puzzle "in his neatest handwriting," and sent it the Queen's way. A few words hidden in the puzzle include "smile," "happiness," "family," "jolly," and "playtime." (See a photo of the game here.)

"She's probably wanting to keep herself busy," he explained.

Timothy included a short letter along with the puzzle, writing, "You might be feeling sad or lonely during lockdown, so I thought I could make a word search for you to cheer you up."

The gesture was well-received. Timothy received a personal letter from one of the British monarch's ladies-in-waiting, expressing her gratitude. "The Queen wishes me to write and thank you for your kind letter, and for the puzzle you have created especially for Her Majesty," it reads. "Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated, and the Queen hopes that you too are keeping safe and well in the current situation. I am to thank you very much indeed for writing as you did at this time."

Timothy said the letter "was very good and it was very important and made me happy that she liked it."

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