Malaysians who have met Queen Elizabeth remember her with fondness and respect

Dr James Nayagam (right) with Queen Elizabeth II in 1998 when she visited Shelter Home in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Photo: Dr James Nayagam

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II may have passed on but she remains in the hearts of millions of people all over the world, Malaysians included.

One of them is social worker Dr James Nayagam, who set up Shelter Home, a centre for abandoned, abused and neglected children, in 1981.