Hi guys! Today was amazing! We started our day visiting Buckingham Palace. Then we rushed through the National Gallery (not much time)! We saw really cool paintings there. Then we had to hurry back to the hotel to get ready to go to the British Council and the ICA! When we got to the British Council we had a meeting with the British Council Chief Executive Sir Ciarán Devane, Director of Literature and Director of Shakespeare Lives Cortina Butler, and Thomas Kell, Program Manager. They were all incredibly nice! We talked about movies, Charlie Chaplin, homeschooling, sewing. Cortina also sewed her own clothes when she was my age! Then off to the screening and awards ceremony where we got to see Emily Hadwin and Natalia Jafar-Biglou again – they’ve all worked so hard on this and we appreciate it so much. Then the screening of my film, and also the amazing runners up and commissioned works. Everyone was SO INCREDIBLY nice! Actress, writer, director Nat Luurtsema, whose film Island Queen got nominated for a BAFTA (she was also in Florence Foster Jenkins with Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant!) introduced me before the screening of my film! What an honor! She’s hilarious and we had a great talk about cats, movies, acting, writing and accents at the reception afterward. Finally, to end the day we shared a wonderful meat pie 😉 There’s so much more to say, but we have to go to bed. We meet Gareth Neame, producer of Downton Abbey in the morning!!!!!
Wherefore Art Thou Celia? 
Such a wonderful day, Celia! Wish we could have heard your acceptance speech. You are a very deserving young lady and PaPa and I are so proud of you!!
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We are so excited about your fun filled week and appreciate your sharing so much of it with us! What a wonderful day to meet all of those famous people, go to a museum and to Buckingham Palace! You are the Princess for sure!👑👑. So proud of your award! Bravo to you!🎉🎉🎉
Luv, Jinnette & Bill💕💕
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