Reflecting on Past Events

Healthy Bones Australia can reflect on many highlights and fond memories over the past 21 years. This includes a special event this week, 10 years ago with Her Majesty The Queen Consort, formerly the Duchess of Cornwall, at Government House Melbourne (images below).

From Left to Right images from the event at Government House Melbourne: Her Majesty The Queen Consort meeting Beryl Logie (former present of the Melbourne Osteoporosis Support group), Healthy Bones Australia Patron Helen Dalley and support group members.

The event helped raise awareness about osteoporosis and was part of an official Australian visit. Her Majesty The Queen Consort said raising awareness of osteoporosis was a cause very close to her heart. “I watched my mother die in agony from this disease,” she said. At the event, Her Majesty The Queen Consort spoke with Australians living with osteoporosis, bone researchers and representatives from Healthy Bones Australia (then known as Osteoporosis Australia). The Queen Consort has helped raise awareness nationally and internationally over many years as a Patron and then President of the Royal Osteoporosis Society in the UK.

On World Osteoporosis Day 2022, The Queen Consort said, “Both my grandmother and my mother died as a result of osteoporosis. At the time, the disease was seldom discussed, rarely diagnosed and was usually acknowledged as an unavoidable part of growing older.
“Osteoporosis continues to have a devastating impact on millions of people’s lives and those they love. But now, thankfully, we know far more about the causes, symptoms and available treatments. Today, on World Osteoporosis Day, I encourage you to “check your risk” and discover the easy steps we can take to improve bone health throughout our lives.”