VIDEO: The Queen gives NHS fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore his knighthood

Captain Sir Tom Moore receives his knighthood

The Queen has thanked Captain Sir Tom Moore for his fundraising efforts as she gave him his knighthood in a private, individual ceremony.

Sir Tom, 100, raised over £33 million for NHS charities throughout the coronavirus crisis by walking laps of his garden.

In a short meeting in the grounds of Windsor Castle, the Queen told the Second World War veteran: “Thank you so much, an amazing amount of money you raised.”

The Queen knights Sir Tom pic.twitter.com/K85fKvx5pU

— Richard Palmer (@RoyalReporter) July 17, 2020

The monarch spent around five minutes chatting to Sir Tom and his family.

She was overheard telling the former Army captain,who celebrated becoming a centenarian a few months ago: “One hundred is a great age.”

The private ceremony took place at Windsor Castle

The talk turned to national events and the coronavirus and the Queen, who has been sheltering at Windsor with Philip asked: “Have you been shut up – been isolating?”

Speaking to ITV news after the ceremony, Sir Tom said it had been “an absolutely outstanding day.”

Good Morning! Ready and raring to go for what is a very special day. Thank you for all the well wishes, as ever, overwhelmed by your support.#todaywillbeagoodday pic.twitter.com/JgLD0O0suI

— Captain Tom Moore (@captaintommoore) July 17, 2020

Royal commentator Dickie Arbiter described the Queen’s decision to give Captain Sir Tom Moore his knighthood in an individual ceremony as “very significant”.

He told BBC Breakfast: “This is an opportunity for the Queen to meet the great man face-to-face and acknowledge his achievement.

“Raising just under £33 million for the NHS is no mean achievement in anybody’s book but to do it at 100 is an amazing achievement.”

“The Queen has always said she ‘needs to be seen to be believed’ so today she will be seen – the last time we actually saw her physically was in June in the alternative Trooping of the Colour at Windsor Castle.

“To actually see the Queen in person – this is a step in the right direction, a step hopefully back to new normality, but it will be a very slow step.”

Earlier the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other close family attended the unannounced wedding of their granddaughter Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a nearby chapel.