Daughter, mother and grandmother achieve gold DofE

Three Worcestershire women from the same family have achieved the same top award - decades apart.

Megan Megahey, 21, of Bromsgrove, is the latest member of her family to take home the prestigious gold Duke of Edinburgh's award, which she completed through Girlguiding.

She has followed in the footsteps of mother Hazel Megahey, 54, also from Bromsgrove, who completed it in 1990, and 85-year-old grandmother Gillian Watson, from Wythall, who received it in 1959.

All three attended a celebration at Buckingham Palace and met the Duke of Edinburgh, who said their three-generation achievement was "quite impressive".

After the event, Megan said she was "super proud" and even prouder all three of them had completed the award through Girlguiding. She joined the movement as a Rainbow, aged five.

She said: "To have mum and nan both do it as well – we've all done bronze, silver and gold, so it's a massive achievement as a family, for us."

Her mother said it had been an "absolute honour" to meet Prince Edward, and for him to take the time to hear the family's story.

Mrs Watson, who took part after the award was extended to girls in 1958, said she was "so proud" they had followed in her footsteps.

Mrs Watson was in the first group of girls to take part, under a pilot project, and remembered how there were "just six of us in the country who went to the palace".

Remembering how there wasn't much for girls to do in the 1950s, Mrs Watson said: "I wasn't interested in messing around and wanted to do something with a purpose."

She described how the award had changed over the years, and she had chosen between doing an expedition or a worthwhile project, which she carried out by helping disabled people.

To this day, Girlguiding was giving girls "a chance to be girls and to be their own people", she said.

All three are still part of Girlguiding Birmingham – Mrs Watson is involved at a county level and her daughter and granddaughter lead Kings Norton-based 188th Birmingham Brownies.

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