TOWN councillors have approved a request to send a letter to Her Majesty the Queen asking for Fishguard and Goodwick to be granted royal status in recognition of the town’s people fending off the last invasion of Britain.

The ambitious proposal to send a letter to the Queen’s private secretary was discussed at town council on Tuesday, July 15.

The letter states: “Fishguard and Goodwick Town Council humbly request that Her Majesty The Queen grant a Royal Charter to our twin towns.

In 1797 the residents of Fishguard and Goodwick succeeded in containing and stopping an attempted invasion by a joint Irish and French invasion force.

In 1997 we had the honour of The Queen’s daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, attend the bicentenary commemorations of the invasion.”

The letter goes on to say that Fishguard and Goodwick are two of the only towns to stop an attempted invasion on British soil, but have never been formally recognised.

According to legend local heroine Jemima Nicholas single handedly captured 12 Frenchmen and marched them back into town with her pitchfork.

She then organised the women to dress up in traditional Welsh costume and line up along the hill so that the Frenchmen, who had been drinking all the booze from the abandoned farmhouses, would think they were the British army. The soldiers then surrendered at the Royal Oak pub.

The town council has received the backing of The Queen’s Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff and local MP Stephen Crabb in sending the letter.

It concludes by saying: “Should The Queen graciously grant this Royal Charter, the town council perceives this as a way of launching Fishguard and Goodwick as the ‘Last Invasion’ towns. Our twin towns could use this to stimulate a growth in our local economy on a par with Bayeux in France.”

Should Fishguard and Goodwick be granted royal status, it would join the likes of Royal Wootten Bassett.