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# Rain fails to spoil Buckingham Palace party for Lichfield couple
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/rain-fails-to-spoil-buckingham-palace-party-for-lichfield-couple/
- Published: 2009-07-12T07:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2009-07-10T19:27:01.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:52, News

![Dr Neville Brown and his wife Brenda](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nevillebrown.jpg "nevillebrown")

Dr Neville Brown and his wife Brenda

Downpours failed to dampen the spirits at a Buckingham Palace garden party recently for a Lichfield couple.

Thankfully Maple Hayes Dyslexia School principal Dr Neville Brown and his wife Brenda had prepared for a British summer day with a large umbrella at the recent event!

Mrs Brown is Bursar of Maple Hayes School and a former teacher. She said:

> “It was a great afternoon, despite the weather. There was a tremendous downpour which left everyone dashing for cover and even some gallant gentlemen carrying ladies over some of the very large puddles that had quickly formed. I do hope not too many outfits were ruined. Everyone had gone to such a lot of effort to look nice. We did see Her Majesty, although her tour of guests was cut short by the weather.  
>  
> “Perhaps it’s the experience of so many school trips over the years that make you prepare for every eventuality, but there was no way I was going to the palace without a substantial brolly.”