On Saturday, Karen crowned the new Carnival Queen, Victoria, at the Cheddleton Carnival.
Karen said: "I had a fantastic time at the Cheddleton Carnival on Saturday where I had the huge honour of crowning the Cheddleton Queen. Victoria performed her duties brilliantly as did all of her retinue and outgoing Queen Paige. It was lovely to see that so many girls – and a few boys – had put such effort into keeping this tradition alive. The young people all carried themselves elegantly in the arena, giving the judges an unenviable task, and it was a real pleasure to see such dedication.
The new Queen Victoria’s role includes helping raise money for charity – another long-standing tradition of the Carnival. In fact Cheddleton has raised an amazing million pounds over the years for Cancer Research UK – helping so many people – and Queen Victoria handed over another cheque for over £70,000 for this year. Well done to all the committee and everyone involved!"