Our President
Her Majesty The Queen became President of Maggie's in November 2008.
Marking the start of 30 years of Maggie’s
In January, Her Majesty The Queen praised Maggie’s for its care and support for people impacted by cancer over the last 30 years, in a special speech to mark 30 years of ĢƵ expert care and support.
In her speech, Her Majesty commended ĢƵ for creating places where people “needn’t pretend to be fine, where they can receive expert support, sympathy and a cup of tea…”
Watch Her Majesty's full speech on the right.
Her Majesty The Queen's centre visits
Passionate and committed to our work, and one of our greatest advocates. We approached Her Majesty to request her formal appointment as ĢƵ President in 2008.
As Maggie’s President, Her Majesty has brought great joy to many of the people who use our centres, and we are hugely grateful for her passion and continued unswerving commitment.
Since 2008, Her Majesty has visited many of our centres in England, Scotland and Wales.
Her visits made a huge impact and her warmth and generosity of spirit were greatly appreciated by everyone who met her.
- 2008: Her Majesty becomes ĢƵ President after visiting ĢƵ in Edinburgh. Visits ĢƵ in West London.
- 2009: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Dundee to formally open the garden
- 2010: Her Majesty formally opens ĢƵ in Cheltenham
- 2011: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Nottingham building site before it opened
- 2013: Her Majesty formally opened ĢƵ in Aberdeen, officially opened the garden at ĢƵ in Swansea and revisited ĢƵ in Dundee
- 2015: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Newcastle
- 2016: Her Majesty formally opens ĢƵ in Manchester
- 2017: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Oxford
- 2018: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Glasgow
- 2019: Her Majesty formally opens ĢƵ in Cardiff and revisits ĢƵ in Aberdeen
- 2020: Her Majesty formally opens ĢƵ at The Royal Marsden and visits ĢƵ, Barts
- 2021: Her Majesty revisited ĢƵ in Edinburgh to mark our 25th anniversary and visits ĢƵ in Highlands
- 2022: Her Majesty formally opens ĢƵ in Southampton
- 2023: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Glasgow
- 2024: Her Majesty formally opens ĢƵ in The Royal Free
- 2025: Her Majesty visits ĢƵ in Fife
- 2026: Her Majesty revisits ĢƵ in Cheltenham