‘I will tell my grandchildren’: Southend celebrates city status

Visit from royalty marks transition to Essex’s second city after murder of Sir David Amess MP last October

“I’m bursting with pride,” says Sharon Wuyts, 45, on the day her home town, Southend-on-Sea, was granted city status.

The carer “snuck out of work” to attend celebrations with her colleague Debra Goaté on the seafront. The pair ended up staying more than four hours in drizzle to wait for Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to mark the occasion by greeting the crowd.

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