MND Scotland patron, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, visits charity supporters in Glasgow

Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, visited MND Scotland in Glasgow on Tuesday, 12 November, to meet the charity’s supporters and people with motor neuron disease (MND).  

MND Scotland provides support, and funds research, for people living with motor neuron disease (MND) across the country. Her Royal Highness, who is Patron of the charity, met people living with MND who have supported the charity, and wider supporters who have collectively raised over £500,000 in vital funds. 

  HRH The Princess Royal with staff and supporters of MND Scotland

Guests included Bea Burns, 7, who presented The Princess Royal with a posy of flowers at the end of the visit. Bea took part in MND Scotland’s fun run in September, and her mum, Louise, ran the London marathon earlier this year for the charity.

 HRH The Princess Royal at MND Scotland, with Bea Burns

Louise Burns said: “It was fantastic to be surrounded by so many other MND Scotland supporters who have gone above and beyond to raise money and given their time to help the charity. To be recognised by Her Royal Highness at this event was an honour, and Bea was so excited to present The Princess Royal with flowers. It’s a memory we will both remember for a long time.”    

Rachel Maitland, CEO of MND Scotland, said: “It was an honour to welcome Her Royal Highness to Glasgow and share some of the stories of our supporters and people living with MND. 

“As Patron, the Princess Royal helps to shine a light on this brutal condition and raise much needed awareness. MND currently has no cure or meaningful treatments. It’s about time there was a cure but until that time comes, we are here to make time count for people living with MND.”  

Left to right: Donald Macleod (MND Scotland Trustee & son of founder), Adrian Murphy (Chair of the Trustees), HRH The Princess Royal, Rachel Maitland (MND Scotland, Chief Executive Officer)

MND is a rapidly progressing terminal illness, which stops signals from the brain reaching the muscles. This may cause someone to lose the ability to walk, talk, eat, drink or breathe. 

Photographs by Peter Devlin  

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