THE widow of Michael Brinton, the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, said he would have “loved” the Queen’s visit to Worcester.

Angela Brinton, who is a deputy lieutenant for Worcestershire and escorted the Queen during her visit, said it had gone “really well”.

As previously reported in the Worcester News, Mr Brinton died, aged 70, on April 23 after a year-long battle with cancer.

As lord lieutenant, or the Queen’s representative for the county, he was responsible for organising royal visits and had spent much of his final weeks preparing for the Queen’s first visit to Worcester in 11 years as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour.

Mrs Brinton said: “He started the planning of it, he wanted it to be about Worcester and I felt that, in particular, the Dean’s film and words in the cathedral were really good.

“It brought the whole of the county into focus, not just the city, and he would have loved to have seen that.”

Mrs Brinton, who was helping her husband arrange the visit, said: “It was wonderful seeing so many people out in Worcester, even braving the rain outside the Hive.

“She remarked upon all the cadets lining the streets, she thought that was lovely.

"She was absolutely charming, they were both wonderful.

“It was really happy, a very happy occasion.

“Everybody worked very hard to make it a success.”

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