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In pictures: RAK Ruler helps UK mother of seven-year-old boy return to the UAE
Ras Al Khaimah Ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, has directed concerned authorities to bring home to the UAE the stranded mother of a seven-year-old boy who wrote him a letter, telling them that the country will always be a beacon of humanity in this world.
Jessica Fitzjohn travelled to the UK more than 50 days ago to attend the funeral of her father but was unable to return because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Jessica arrived in the UAE in the early hours of Wednesday.
Her son, Archie Appleyard, and husband, Richard, live in Ras Al Khaimah and the situation prompted Archie, a seven-year-old pupil at RAK Academy, to send a hand-written letter and drawing to Sheikh Saud explaining their predicament and asking for his help.
All medical protocols were followed and she will enter a 14-day quarantine.
Archie’s father, Richard, said everyone was overjoyed to be together again. “We are absolutely overwhelmed to have received a handwritten letter from His Highness. We are forever thankful.”
Archie recalled meeting Sheikh Saud with his classmates last year and said he remembered him as a “very kind, helpful sheikh”.
Sheikh Saud personally responded to Archie and said he recalled meeting him.
