On Friday the 15th of June, Residents and Guests from the English Community were invited to attend a celebration for the Queens Birthday in the gardens of the English Church in Funchal.
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The annual event was organised by the Honary British Consulate to Madeira, Joy Menezes. On this special occasion Mr John Buck, the British Ambassador to portugal was invited and made a small speech and gave a toast to the Queen. Mr Buck said, that this would be his last visit to Madeira as the Ambassador, but he would come back soon as a regular tourist.

Among the guests, were members from the Navy and also the Portuguese Military with their Brass Band. The Band paid tribute by playing the British and Portuguese National Anthems

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