{"id":4215,"date":"2020-05-13T07:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmodev.gq\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:48:58","slug":"ruler-of-ras-al-khaimah-helps-mother-of-seven-year-old-boy-return-to-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakmediaoffice.ae\/en\/media-center\/ruler-of-ras-al-khaimah-helps-mother-of-seven-year-old-boy-return-to-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah helps mother of seven-year-old boy return to the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSheikh Saud bin Saqr replies to British boy\u2019s letter with hand-written response<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 13, 2020, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates:\u00a0<\/strong>His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, has directed concerned authorities to bring home to the UAE the stranded mother of a seven-year-old boy who wrote him a letter, telling them that the country will always be a beacon of humanity in this world.<\/p>\n

Jessica Fitzjohn travelled to the UK more than 50 days ago to attend the funeral of her father but was unable to return because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

Her son, Archie Appleyard, and husband, Richard, live in Ras Al Khaimah and the situation prompted Archie, a seven-year-old pupil at RAK Academy, to send a hand-written letter and drawing to H.H. Sheikh Saud explaining their predicament and asking for his help.<\/p>\n

In the note, Archie recalled meeting H.H. Sheikh Saud with his classmates last year and said he remembered him as a \u201cvery kind, helpful sheikh\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Archie<\/p>\n

H.H. Sheikh Saud personally responded to Archie and said he recalled meeting him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Archie,\u201d wrote H.H. Sheikh Saud. \u201cThank you for your letter, I enjoyed reading it. I remember meeting you and having a great day with you and your classmates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand you miss your mommy very much and I am very proud of you for being a brave boy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI hope bringing her home will make you smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the guidance of H.H. Sheikh Saud and in cooperation with Government entities, Jessica arrived in the UAE in the early hours of Wednesday. All medical protocols were followed and she will enter a 14-day quarantine. The family, who are from the UK, said they were overjoyed to be together again, and they thanked the UAE Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so happy to have my mommy back,\u201d said Archie. \u201cI can\u2019t believe that this has happened and thank you so much to Sheikh Saud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Letter<\/p>\n

Jessica expressed her gratitude to H.H. Sheikh Saud for facilitating her safe return.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t thank the Ruler enough for his kindness in organizing my return,\u201d she said. \u201cI will be so ever grateful for this moment. Thank you very much to everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Archie's<\/p>\n

Archie\u2019s father, Richard, said everyone was overjoyed to be together again. \u201cWe are absolutely overwhelmed to have received a handwritten letter from His Highness. We are forever thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archie\u2019s letter to H.H. Sheikh Saud was accompanied by a drawing titled \u201cthe day my mummy comes back home to me\u201d showing him and his father waiting as the plane carrying his mother arrived in the UAE.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been 52 sleeps now that I have been apart from my mummy,\u201d wrote Archie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so sad because I have never been apart for this long and all I dream and wish for is my mummy\u2019s return and our family to be back together in Al Hamra Village.\u201d<\/p>\n