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130 Francis Patton School students wave flags as motorcade passes by

Scores of excited schoolchildren lined North Shore Road trying to catch a final glimpse of Her Majesty as her three-day-visit in honour of the Island's 400th anniversary came to a close.

One hundred and thirty students and staff from Francis Patton waved flags and shouted "long live the Queen" as the motorcade crawled through the Eastern parishes.

According to deputy principal Suzette Cheeseman, the whole student body prepared for the visit by making flags and talking about official protocol, such as how to behave in front of the Queen. She said: " We just want to show that Francis Patton family are out there to show their support."

"The [school has been] really excited not just the students, but the staff. We had a meeting to talk about how each of us need to conduct themselves and this is an occasion that we needed to be a part of because we don't know when it will happen again.

"It's important for [students] to have that Bermuda-British connection.

"Sometimes they forget we are a British colony and the first settlers were British. Sometimes it is so far removed, but it's our 400 years so this is a great opportunity to show that connection."

Ondoua Ford, seven, didn't know what exactly the Queen did, but knew her name and her signature move. "Queen Elizabeth the Second, she waves to us," he said.

Shekaylah Talbot, nine, told The Royal Gazette: "The Queen is the person that rules Bermuda and England, and her job is to rule. This is going to be my first time seeing her, I want to see her dressing up like a Queen, sometimes they wear a hat, high heels and a skirt."

Rayven Walker, eight, said: "I am looking forward to meeting the Queen when she comes by and seeing what she looks like because sometimes I only see her on a dollar bill, so I want to see her in real life."

Nine-year-old student Ayanna Hunt admits she already got a glimpse of the Queen on Tuesday and wasn't so excited the second time around. She said: "I like the Queen because she is royalty and I think she is nice and she treats people with respect."

Substitute teacher Rebecca Ward said the school's students have been asking questions since word of the Royal visit got out.

"It was really nice to see them so excited because I saw [the Queen] a long time ago and I was just as excited. I think maybe they could have driven a little slower, but I understand that they can't."

Francis Patton was the last school on the Queen and Prince Philip's agenda, before heading to L.F.Wade International Airport for a departure ceremony.

Story by Nadia Arandjelovic of The Royal Gazette

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Hamilton Parish CR 03
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Phone: 293-1840
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 Principal Gloria Martin
 Deputy Suzette Cheeseman
 Counselor Cliftina Stevens
 School Hours 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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