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Britain's Queen Elizabeth has praised a children's hospital for being a "beacon of light" for ill children and their families.
The 89-year-old monarch has offered her praise to Great Ormond Street Hospital for their work with "some of the nation's most seriously ill children" and their research to create "better treatments" and their training on "future generations".
She wrote: "Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded in 1852. Ever since, the hospital has been dedicated to caring for some of the nation's most seriously ill children, whilst seeking new and better treatments and training future generations of child health practitioners.
"As one of the world's leading children's hospitals, Great Ormond Street offers a beacon of hope to thousands of children from across the UK and beyond every year."
The monarch also congratulated a collection of newspapers for their fundraising campaign for the hospital.
In the letter posted by the Evening Standard, she added: "As Patron, I would like to send my very best wishes to all the patients, families and staff at Great Ormond Street and extend my thanks to its many friends, volunteers and charitable supporters who have helped make the recent Christmas campaign such a success, ensuring the hospital remains a truly extraordinary place."

Britain's Prince Charles shared his gardening tips with pupils as he visited a local primary school.
The 67-year-old royal visited Ashley Primary School to open its additional learning facility, the Harmony Centre.
A post on the school's official website reads: "He was greeted by a superb exhibition of the children's learning in the school hall, followed by a visit to some of the classrooms. He then officially opened our new Harmony Centre by cutting a vibrant green ribbon.
"A wonderful assembly ended his visit, where he was presented with Ashley School honey, a sketchbook of the children's work and a framed display sharing the lyrics to our Harmony song. It was a momentous occasion for us all and the children made everyone very proud - well done to Ashley School!"
During his tour of the school, the Prince of Wales watched on as pupils carted soil around in a wheelbarrow and carved ice sculptures.
Meanwhile, the Prince's Gloucestershire estate will be host to a gardening festival in April. The plans were revealed yesterday (10.02.16) and will see the grounds of Highgrove House becoming home to 'Highgrove: The Garden Celebrated' for a week.

Britain's Duchess of York wants to become a resident of Switzerland.
The former wife of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, has already submitted paperwork to become a resident of the village of Verbier, Canton of Valais.
She told Le Nouvelliste newspaper: "I want to officially become a Valaisian resident. The administrative process is ongoing."
Meanwhile, Sarah Ferguson recently had a brief stint selling food blenders on shopping channel QVC.
She told viewers at the time: "Americans have been so good to me. They helped me build my confidence. They gave my children their mother back because they believed in second chances.
"I've made a few mistakes, put on weight and done this, that and the other and now because of the American people, I wanted to be really honest with them."
And Sarah has also been busy selling her Bentley car for reportedly one fifth of its value.
A source said previously: "She's always short of cash so selling a car she doesn't use makes sense."

Britain's Prince Charles is a very good painter.
The 67-year-old royal is an expert with a paint brush, according to his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, but she admits her painting skills leave little to be desired.
Complimenting retired physician Peter Copeman on his artwork, she said: "I wish I had more time, I do it very badly. He's so good; I get frustrated and give up. [I want to] tip out my toys from the pram."
Duchess Camilla was visiting London's Royal Trinity Hospice, where she spoke with patients and revealed a plaque to mark the hospice's 125th anniversary.
Speaking at the event, she said: "Every time I come here I see something new. It seems to go from strength to strength. It's a pretty special place. You don't think of hospices as being uplifting, but you come here and you go out feeling better."
The Duchess also met with patient Paulette Gregory-McQueen, who was enjoying a reflexology massage.
Paulette said: "I finished chemotherapy in October and I started this a month ago. My circulation is really poor and I have lots of pain through my nerves so this has been a Godsend to me."
To which the Duchess replied: "I've had it done and it's wonderful. It completely relaxes you."

Britain's Queen Elizabeth's grandson has stepped down from The Patron's Fund.
Peter Phillips has chosen to part ways as a trustee of the charity after his company SEL UK Ltd was selected to organise The Patron's Lunch to mark the monarch's 90th birthday over fears of a conflict of interest.
A spokesperson for The Patron's Lunch said: "As with any event of this nature, a management fee is standard practice.
"To reiterate, SEL is not taking any share of the profits, which will go direct to The Patron's Fund, simply a fixed rate management fee.
"There would be no Patron's Lunch or Fund had he not come up with the idea and taken it to get approved by the palace in the way he did."
It has been revealed that the son of Princess Anne resigned in November but is currently still a trustee until someone else is found to take on the role.
Meanwhile, Peter previously insisted he "went through the normal channels of approaching the Palace" to organise the event.
He said: "I was very conscious to make sure we did this properly, so we went through the normal channels of approaching the Palace.
"We had to show that this wasn't a case of trying to cut corners because the Queen happens to be my grandmother. I said [to the Queen], 'Oh, by the way you may or may not have heard that we are having conversations with your office about this' ... She said, 'I've heard you're up to something.'"

Britain's Countess of Wessex visited a children's hospice to mark its fifteenth birthday.
The 51-year-old royal attended a celebration at Christopher's Hospice, run by Shooting Star Chase, in Guildford, Surrey yesterday (09.02.16).
A tweet off the monarchy's official Twitter account reads: "Happy 15th Birthday Christopher's Hospice, and thank you for the wonderful reception for The Countess of Wessex! (sic)"
Whilst the hospice added on their account: "The Countess of Wessex displayed her artistic skills designing her own member of The Friendlies @SSChospices today. (sic)"
Countess Sophie - who is a patron of the charity - spent the day chatting to patients and helping them decorate biscuits and cakes. She also helped blow out the birthday cake to mark the occasion.
Meanwhile, the Countess previously revealed she is inspired by the Queen and praised her for being a "great listener".
She shared: "Watching the Queen in certain situations - she's a great listener. And you see her considering what people are saying and you can see the information going in, and she clearly has a great desire to learn all the time. I think that's amazing at 89, with all she's seen and done in her life."

Britain's Prince Charles' home will be host to a week-long garden festival.
The grounds at the 67-year-old royal's country retreat of Highgrove House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire are set to become home to 'Highgrove: The Garden Celebrated', with the likes of Alan Titchmarsh and Raymond Blanc lined up as guest speakers.
A post on their official website reads: "Highgrove: The Garden Celebrated will bring together the nation's best-loved gardeners and horticultural experts in a jubilee of events and presentations spanning across six days.
"Held at the Royal Gardens at Highgrove, this unique event captures, and celebrates, the essence and ethos of one of the most creatively inspired gardens of our time, epitomising the horticultural interests and enthusiasms of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.
"Along with highly acclaimed horticulturists and gardening personalities, the festival will celebrate all that is Highgrove with an incredible spring plant fair inspired by the garden's plant collections, as well as a retail pavilion featuring a selection of exhibitors hand-picked by Highgrove."
It is not thought that the Prince of Wales or his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, will attend the event but it has been approved to be held at the Royal Gardens to show the Prince's support for sustainable gardening.
'Highgrove: The Garden Celebrated' will take place in the grounds of Highgrove House between April 11 to April 16 and profits will be passed on to the Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation.

Britain's Duchess of Cornwall congratulated volunteers as she officially opened Prospect Hospice's new outreach centre.
The 68-year-old royal was on hand to celebrate the successes of the Marlborough-based centre, which supports those who are terminally ill.
Speaking to the crowd of patients, staff and volunteers, she said: "I just want to congratulate everyone who has been involved. I cannot believe how much money has been raised in such a short space of time, that doesn't happen very often.
"There's nothing but praise for this place and all you volunteers, I can't believe there's so many of you, it just shows how good it is to have so many volunteering. You have done such a fantastic job and thank you very much for having me here. If I had a glass of champagne I would toast it."
Whilst touring the centre, the Duchess met retired receptionist Jenny Mantle, who was using her free time to run the minibus.
She told the Wiltshire Times: "She has a lovely sense of humour. I think she is delighted by everyone's enthusiasm that we did this for Marlborough.
"She was very easy to talk to and interested in what people's roles are. The community support in setting this up has been phenomenal and it is a wonderful centre."

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a "low key" date at a local pub.
The royal couple - who have two-year-old Prince George and nine-month-old Princess Charlotte together - were seen taking a well-deserved night off from their royal duties as they dined at The Crown in East Rudham, Norfolk.
A regular at the pub told The Sun newspaper: "They were very low key and it seemed quite a last minute thing. Maybe it was a rare night out since Charlotte was born.
"They were both dressed down - with Kate in skinny jeans and a navy jumper - and just wanted a quiet table out of the way. They both looked a little tired but seemed to have a lovely time and left at about 10.30pm.
"They were leaning into one another chatting away, laughing and joking. It's nice for them to have a normal night out like any other parents of young children."
Prince William was seen enjoying a glass of wine whilst Duchess Catherine opted for sparkling water.
Meanwhile, it is no surprise that the couple - who wed in 2011 - needed a break as alongside their tough schedule, they have their family to raise too.
Of their children, the Prince said previously: "It is more responsibility, looking after two little ones, especially when George is around. He's a little monkey.
"But it's fantastic having a lovely little family and Catherine has been doing an amazing job as a mother and I'm very proud of her."