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An enthusiastic fan of the Royal Family who was reportedly nicknamed “The Union Jack Man” by the late Queen Elizabeth II has died, aged 91.<\/p>\n
Terry Hutt, from Weston-super-Mare, was known for camping outside hospitals ahead of royal births.<\/a><\/p>\n “I always get the Queen smiling, I might stop out for several nights but when I get her smiling, it’s always worthwhile,” he said in 2016.<\/p>\n His daughter, Tracey Joy, said he was a “tireless” campaigner for the NHS and Birnbeck Pier. “A life well lived and as we are grieving we look back at his fight for life, love for his family,” she added.<\/p>\n Hutt became a keen royalist at the age of four, when the King and Queen visited his parents after the Blitz in London and gave him a souvenir mug.<\/p>\n In 2013, he spent nearly two weeks on a bench ahead of Prince George’s birth, being fed porridge and given cups of tea by staff there.<\/p>\n And then aged 79, he slept outside St Mary’s Hospital on the same bench awaiting the arrival of Princess Charlotte.<\/p>\n Terry Hutt, 91, was well-known for his love of the Royal family<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n “Every baby that’s born, people say to me ‘it’s only another baby’, but this is a royal baby – there’s a difference.<\/p>\n “My wife tells me I’m mad. I have a waterproof outfit, a tarpaulin over the bench, decorated with union jacks. We call it the royal bench,” he said at the time.<\/p>\n Aside from the royals, Hutt also had other passions and interests.<\/p>\n He collected thousands of signatures in support of the restoration of Birnbeck Pier, something his daughter said she was proud of.<\/p>\n Follow BBC Bristol on <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>X<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>. Send your story ideas to us on email or via <\/em>WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nMore on this story<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n