The Prince of Wales meets 80-year-old on her 80th birthday in Somerset

The Prince of Wales met Jamila Akhtar outside the Sweet Surprise cafe in Ilminster, Somerset, on 7 October, her 80th birthday. He bent down to shake her hands, wished her happy birthday and asked about cake and candles. Akhtar, with daughter Banah Brook, told Hello Magazine she had waited 80 years to meet a royal. She wept with happiness.