Jean Almond, 73, from Eccleston, was among 152 recipients at the ceremony which took place at Durham Cathedral on Maundy Thursday, April 17.
Jean, a quadriplegic, suffers from severe multiple sclerosis, and is president of the local MS branch.
She was nominated to receive the Maundy Gifts following husband Geoff who had been recognised the same way three years earlier.
Stretching back to around 600AD, the Maundy service has been an annual procession to honour pensioners who have served their community.
The Maundy Money gifts Jean received from King Charles III (Image: Submitted)
Taking place on Maundy Thursday, a member of the Royal family distributes special coins and gifts according to the number of years that the monarch has lived.
Each recipient of Maundy money was given two small leather purses by the King, one red and one white.
The red contains a small amount of ordinary coinage which symbolises the sovereign’s gift for food and clothing, while the white purse contains Maundy coins up to the value of the monarch’s current age, which is 76 pence this year.
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In April 2022, Jean’s husband Geoff, a former mayor of St Helens and a lay canon with Liverpool Anglican Diocese, was gifted Royal Maundy money, gifts and a certificate from the then Prince Charles, deputising for his mother Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.
Jean and Geoff were told the Palace was not aware of any other case of a married couple having both received Maundy Money.
Maundy money purses in place ahead of the Royal Maundy Service at Durham Cathedral on Maundy Thursday (Image: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
Jean said: “I got really nervous when the King came round because I knew he would speak to me.
“He started on the other side and I was the last person.
“He really was lovely.”
Having undergone the long journey from St Helens to Durham, Jean said it was all worth it and that the occasion will be remembered as a “highlight” of her life.
“I’ll never forget it, it’s one of the highlights of my life,” added Jean.
“I’ll never stop thinking about it, I’d been up at the crack of dawn and it was well worth it.
“It was magnificent.”