HONOURS
Royally Rewarded This month Ulster Tatler features a selection of photographs from those members of the community recognised in the Queen’s Honours.
ANNE BROWN BEM
JOAN MCAULEY BEM
Joan McAuley has received a British Empire Medal (BEM) after working with small children at the Peter Pan Playgroup in Trillick for 27 years. Mrs McAuley only found out she would be receiving her honour on New Year’s Eve the same time the public did, via email. She said that it was a complete surprise. “I have been working for 27 years with kids between the ages of three and four. I love my job. I wouldn’t have been there for so long if I didn’t love it.”
Mrs Anne Brown, Counsellor at Belfast Women’s Aid received a British Empire Medal by The Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast Dame Fionnuala Jay O’Boyle at a recent ceremony at Hillsborough Castle in recognition of her service to victims of Domestic Violence. Here she is pictured with her husband Roland Brown. Photo by Aaron McCracken
WENDY ANDERSON MBE
Image by Peter Thomas Photography. 48
Wendy Anderson MBE, a respiratory consultant who works in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust has been made an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list for her work during the pandemic. Wendy was invited to attend the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Wendy wore a dress from ‘Droopy and Brown’ in Edinburgh, purchased 25 years ago and attended the reception with her niece Lara, who finished a language degree the day prior.
