In 1990, Gillian Walnes Perry set up the Anne Frank Trust UK with friends and family of the late Otto Frank. She has spoken at the UN in front of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and at 10 Downing Street, the UK Houses of Parliament, and most recently the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the author of The Legacy Of Anne Frank (2018) and The Social History of English Afternoon Tea (forthcoming). In 2010 Gillian was honored for her educational work by Her Majesty The Queen and was inducted as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.