WE HAVE been overwhelmed by the response to our Queen’s jubilee design a card competition and we can announce the winner who will get to meet Her Majesty today.

Harrow has been chosen to host the Queen as part of her UK tour to mark the 60th anniversary of her coronation and the visit will celebrate the borough’s diversity through song, dance and exhibitions.

The winner of our card competition is Pia Scott-Nair, of Bolton Road, Harrow. She impressed the judges with her drawing entitled 1952-2012 With Love From Harrow, a colourful entry which depicts multi-cultural Harrow with the iconic symbol of St Mary’s Church in Harrow on the Hill.

The seven-year-old, who goes to Marlborough Primary School, said: “The children are multi-cultural in Harrow, so I wanted to make a mixture of different children.

“Everyone in the picture is welcoming the Queen and I’m looking forward to seeing her.”

Proud mum Kala said: “Pia is multi-cultural herself – I am Indian and her father is English. She was talking about how the picture was her and her friends waving to the Queen in the sun.

“She is a very creative and artistic little girl. She does drama and she plays the piano and violin.”

The runners up were – Age 9-12: Akshaya Ravichandran, 12, of Derby Avenue, Harrow; Age 13-16: Ammaar Hussein, 13, of Kenmore Road, Kenton.

The difficult task of judging fell to Observer news editor Mhairi Macfarlane, Harrow Council leader Bill Stephenson, Harrow mayor Mrinal Choudhury and former children’s TV presenter Floella Benjamin, now Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham in Kent.

Mr Choudhury said: “I congratulate the Harrow Observer in running this competition and the schools of Harrow. It was a difficult choice, but the one we have chosen shows the ethos of Harrow. Harrow is a great place to live and we are proud to welcome our Queen.”

Baroness Benjamin, known for hosting TV shows like Play Away, took her seat as a Lib Dem peer in the House of Lords in 2010 and devotes much time to the well-being of children and young people.

She said of the entries: “I liked the creativity of all the young children who have a really a good understanding of the origins of their country and the legacy and heritage that has been laid out before them. It has come through their paintings.”

“Harrow leads the way in many ways. The diversity that the Queen will see will showcase just how people can live together.”

See next week’s Observer for the winning card design.