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Maggie’s provides free emotional, social and practical support for cancer patients and their families, operating centers across the U.K. and online.

The first Maggie’s center opened in 1996, and today there are nearly 30 in England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as four international locations. However, The Queen found herself “surprised and delighted” by what she found in Edinburgh, calling the center a “peaceful place, with inspiring people full of stories about the difference that Maggie’s had made to them and to their families.”

“Now 18 years and 27 centers on, I cannot help but look around and reflect how proud Maggie would be to see her incredible legacy,” The Queen added, speaking of the charity’s late founder, Maggie Keswick Jencks.

Along with her visit to Maggie’s in Cheltenham, Queen Camilla also met with staff volunteers and clients of Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service, an organization that works with abuse victims and their families in the county.