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.
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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