Schoolgirl caught up in Manchester arena bombing to attend royal wedding

Interview with Amelia Thompson, who has received an invite to the royal wedding and mum Lisa Newton. A 12-year-old girl left traumatised when she was caught up in the Manchester arena bombing has decided to take the grandmother of a teenager who died in the terror attack with her to the royal wedding. Amelia Thompson said she was “speechless” when she found out she was being invited to Harry and Meghan’s marriage next month. A year ago, she was among the crowds when the bomb went off in the foyer at Manchester Arena and suffered trauma as well as damaged vocal chords from screaming at the horror of what she was witnessing. Since the attack, Amelia and her family have met others affected by the bombing through fundraising efforts, including a photo shoot. The teenager said she asked her mother, Lisa Newton, whether she would forfeit her chance of going to the wedding favour of their friend Sharon Goodman, whose 15-year-old granddaughter Olivia Campbell-Hardy was killed in the attack.
Interview with Amelia Thompson, who has received an invite to the royal wedding and mum Lisa Newton. A 12-year-old girl left traumatised when she was caught up in the Manchester arena bombing has decided to take the grandmother of a teenager who died in the terror attack with her to the royal wedding. Amelia Thompson said she was “speechless” when she found out she was being invited to Harry and Meghan’s marriage next month. A year ago, she was among the crowds when the bomb went off in the foyer at Manchester Arena and suffered trauma as well as damaged vocal chords from screaming at the horror of what she was witnessing. Since the attack, Amelia and her family have met others affected by the bombing through fundraising efforts, including a photo shoot. The teenager said she asked her mother, Lisa Newton, whether she would forfeit her chance of going to the wedding favour of their friend Sharon Goodman, whose 15-year-old granddaughter Olivia Campbell-Hardy was killed in the attack.
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