Karen Anvil is a single mom of one daughter from Norfolk, England, who has long been a fan of the royal family. In the past, the pair have made plans to join the crowds at Sandringham to watch the royal family attend church on Christmas Day, however, a health condition has kept the pair from following through.
“Three years ago, I was hospitalized. I had sepsis due to kidney problems,” Anvil told The Independent. “I suffered ill health for seven years. I’m better now thank god, but I’ve always been ill.”
This year, Anvil and her daughter made the trip to Sandringham, where she also discovered she had a knack for photography. After joining the crowds of people awaiting the royals, Anvil and her daughter were prepared to capture the family – and most importantly, Meghan Markle – as they made their debut.
“We were going to visit some relatives for Christmas dinner and I thought this would be a good way to break up the day,” she said. “We really wanted to see Meghan, so we made a morning of it. It really is as simple as that!”
At roughly 10:55 a.m., the royals made their appearance, inspiring Anvil to take a photo that would change her life. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Markle and Prince Harry all walked alongside one another as they greeted the crowd.
“We couldn’t believe that all four of them came in a line, which was mad,” said Anvil. “That was amazing!”
“It was pure luck — I took it on an iPhone and it was a great photograph,” she told the BBC of her now-viral photo. “The rest was history.”
And many seem to agree.
“Getting all four of them lined up like that — it was a stunning snap,” Arthur Edwards, The Sun‘s royal photographer, told the BBC. “It was pot luck her being in the right spot, but she still got the photo.”
“We had probably the 20 best photographers in the country there, and she’s scooped us all.”
The photo has since received more than 77,000 likes and 14,000 retweets on Twitter. There was a flood of comments from royal fans, media outlets and fellow Twitter users advising Anvil to negotiate a price for the photo. She is now hopeful this will help put her daughter through university.
“The thing is – and I hate to play the single mom card – I’m a single parent, I work two jobs, which I’m proud of and I’ve always worked,” Anvil told the BBC.
“Now I want to save money for my daughter for uni and if I can do that, and can get that opportunity that’s amazing.”
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