The High Sheriff plants a tree for the Jubilee

A Thatcham charity has planted a tree marking The Queen's Jubilee.

The Old Bluecoat School, on the A4, invited The High Sheriff of the Royal County of Berkshire Willie Hartley Russell to plant the tree on its behalf on March 18.

The Queen’s Green Canopy is a tree planting initiative where schools, organisations, individuals and corporates create “a legacy” in honour of the Queen's 70-year-reign.

Mr Hartley Russell, who wore his High Sheriff’s court dress for the occasion, is also a descendant of Lady Frances Winchcombe, who founded a Charity School on the site in 1706 for the poor boys of Thatcham and Bucklebury.

The event was attended by 20 trustees and Friends of the Old Bluecoat School and included the past chairman Clive Williams and past High Sheriff Dr Christina Hill-Williams.

Old Bluecoat School Charity chairman Mark Thomas said: “We greatly appreciated Willie Hartley Russell planting the tree and the opportunity for the Friends of the Old Bluecoat School to meet.”