The Queen gleamed in a tailored apple green silk dress and matching jacket as she mingled with sporting greats at a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust event tonight . She was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh as they met famous names such as Dame Mary Peters , who won gold in the pentathlon in the 1972 Olympics , and paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson . The Trust was set up in 1965 as the legendary wartime Prime Minister 's living legacy . Her Majesty meets Tanni Grey-Thompson at Winston Churchill Trust 50th anniversary event . Prince Philip holds a medallion . Since then , more than 5,000 British citizens have been awarded fellowships by the Trust , from more than 100,000 applicants , to travel overseas to study areas of topical and personal interest . The Queen , wearing a Karl Ludwig dress and jacket in green silk with a woven geometric pattern , was given a medallion bearing the photographer Yousuf Karsh 's image of Churchill . She showed the medallion to Prince Philip and the pair both studied it with interest . Fellows from every decade since 1965 represented the trust at the event . Both Baroness Grey-Thompson and Dame Mary Peters had fellowships from the trust . The female athletes explained what the sporting trust had done for their careers . Dame Mary said after meeting the royal couple : ' I used the fellowship to help me train for the Olympics in 1972 . I was in Belfast , it was the height of the Troubles , and I did n't have a running track . The Queen meets Dame Mary Peters at Buckingham Palace bash to honour Britain 's sporting greats . 'The fellowship gave me the opportunity to go to Pasadena in California to train for six weeks . 'There was sunshine every day , I had the most amazing time training in May and June , and was successful in Munich in the September . ' Baroness Grey-Thompson said : 'My fellowship was in 1993 . I went to Perth in Australia to look at their methods of identifying talent , and although those methods are very good , it was useful for me to realise that they would not work here because their weather is so much better and they have a smaller population . 'That was useful for me to know when I joined the board of UK Sport in 1997 . ' At the time of her visit to Australia , she had competed in two of her five paralympics , collecting four of her 11 golds . The royals inspect the memorial medallion designed by artist Brian Clarke ( left ) The Queen meets Major General Jamie Balfour , Director General of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust . Her Majesty meets artist Brian Clarke , who designed the commemorative Winston Churchill Medallion , as she hosts the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Reception at Buckingham Palace . The commemorative Winston Churchill Medallion , by designer Brian Clarke , which features a pixellated portrait of the great political leader in blue , with a gold rim .
Joined by Prince Philip to honour wartime veterans at coronation parade . Trust set up in 1965 as living legacy to wartime wartime Minister . Monarch presented with Churchill medallion by artist Brian ##rch .