Natalie Pray honored with the Princess Royal Award

Natalie Pray honored with the Princess Royal Award for her ESU support

L to R: The Director-General of ESU Headquarters in London, Jane Easton, and Natalie Pray, at the ESU Gala that was also celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020. Contributed photo.

By Anne W. Semmes

Greenwich’s Natalie Pray received a high honor for her 25-plus years of serving the English-Speaking Union in the U.S. at the ESU Gala held on October 3 at New York’s Cosmopolitan Club. HRH Princess Anne presented Pray with The Princess Royal Award: “In recognition of extraordinary contributions to support The English-Speaking Union’s mission of promoting global understanding and good will.”

“I have always felt I owed the ESU more than it owed me,” were Pray’s remarks. “That is why the Award is so precious – it was so unexpected.” Pray not only has served on ESU’s National board, but she also heads ESU’s Greenwich Branch and serves on the board of the ESU branch in Palm Beach. For the past 20 years she has hosted The Queen’s Birthday celebration for the ESU at her home and at the Belle Haven Club.

L to R: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne talks with Ambassador Paul Beresford-Hill, CBE, founder of ESU Shakespeare Competition in America. Contributed photo.
At the ESU offices in New York Her Royal Highness Princess Anne is gifted by Dr. E. Quinn Peeper who heads the ESU. Contributed photo.
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