RNIB Grimaldi Official Royal Opening by HRH, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh - Roy Eastwood RNIB Volunteer

Season 1, Episode 1759,   Jun 16, 2023, 12:04 PM

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB’s new London office the Grimaldi Building and RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was there chatting to some of the staff volunteers and customers who met Her Royal highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.

Toby chatted with Roy Eastwood, who has been a Volunteer for the RNIB for 54 years now mainly in the Products for Life and Technology for Life Teams.

Roy explained to Toby how much it meant to him meeting Her Royal Highness, demonstrating some of the equipment from the Products for Life store to Her Royal Highness and how the Duchess was very impressed with the talking kitchen scales.


Image shows from left to right, Toby Davey, Matt Stringer, HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh in the RNIB Connect Radio studio at Grimaldi. Toby is facing away from the camera with his hand on a Braille display, there is a desk in front of him and Matt and HRH are the other side of the desk smiling