In one of the All England Club’s most famous moments, the Queen presented Wade with the trophy in 1977 on one of only four visits she made to Wimbledon. Wade also spent time with Her Majesty on ...

In fact, Wade was the last British player to even make an appearance in the final of the women’s singles event at Wimbledon. Before Wade in 1977, Ann Jones beat Billie Jean King in the 1969 final.

Her visit to SW19 prior to this came in 1977, the year Britain’s Virginia ... where she presented the Wimbledon trophy to Australian legend Rod Laver. And five years before that, in 1957 ...