Mexico City:
People called her crazy, but 19-year-old Estibalis Georgina Chavez has never given up her dream of attending next week's Royal Wedding in London.
After a 16-day hunger strike that she says left her weak and demoralised, she is now one step closer to her own fairytale.
On Thursday, the teenager headed for the capital after a good Samaritan heard her story and agreed to lend her the money so she could make the journey to London, where her next challenge awaits: giving a portrait she has painted herself to William and Kate Middleton, as a wedding present.
Chavez decided to leave her modest home in the outskirts of Mexico City in February to camp out in front of the British Embassy and begin a hunger strike to try and obtain an invite to the royal wedding.
She has been repeatedly told no more invitations to the event are available.
Her story, widely covered by Mexican media, touched the heart of Octavio Fitch Lazo, a lobbyist with a silver association in Mexico.
Lazo said Chavez' perseverance moved him and he agreed to lend her the money to pay for her flight to London.
Chavez has created an oil painting of William and Kate's engagement photo, one of many royal-themed works she keeps in a small room in her home.
She said she will try to find someone who can give it to the royal couple on her behalf once she gets to London.
"I know it's not the nicest way, but it's clear that the royal protocol would never allow me near them," she said.
After a 16-day hunger strike that she says left her weak and demoralised, she is now one step closer to her own fairytale.
On Thursday, the teenager headed for the capital after a good Samaritan heard her story and agreed to lend her the money so she could make the journey to London, where her next challenge awaits: giving a portrait she has painted herself to William and Kate Middleton, as a wedding present.
Chavez decided to leave her modest home in the outskirts of Mexico City in February to camp out in front of the British Embassy and begin a hunger strike to try and obtain an invite to the royal wedding.
She has been repeatedly told no more invitations to the event are available.
Her story, widely covered by Mexican media, touched the heart of Octavio Fitch Lazo, a lobbyist with a silver association in Mexico.
Lazo said Chavez' perseverance moved him and he agreed to lend her the money to pay for her flight to London.
Chavez has created an oil painting of William and Kate's engagement photo, one of many royal-themed works she keeps in a small room in her home.
She said she will try to find someone who can give it to the royal couple on her behalf once she gets to London.
"I know it's not the nicest way, but it's clear that the royal protocol would never allow me near them," she said.
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