A Peterborough girl, Faith Dickinson, 15, has been invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19. Faith is one of seven winners of the Diana Award who will be on the grounds of Windsor Castle for the wedding, according to a news release. The Diana Award, created in honour of the late Princess of Wales, is given to young people who are “changing the world… through kindness, compassion and service.” The Peterborough teen was summoned to St. James’s Palace last year to receive the award for her charity, Cuddles for Cancer. She started the project when she was nine, after her aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her aunt suffered cold and shivers during treatment and told Faith of her affliction. The girl set out to make her aunt a fleece blanket. At the Diana ceremony, she said “Prince William told me that I was just doing such an amazing thing. And Prince Harry told me that I was the most impressive redhead there tonight.” Faith has now made more than 3,500 personalized blankets, which have been sent across the world, and she’s raised more than $30,000 to have them delivered. Most recently, the CBC reports, she began delivering the blankets to soldiers returning home with injuries or suffering from PTSD.
