Big-hearted David Beckham made the dreams come true of his oldest fan by sending her a touching video message to her at her care home.<br /><br />The ex-England football star, 47, stunned Mona Hurry, aged 102, by recording a personal message thanking her for supporting his sporting career.<br /><br />WW2 code-breaker Mona Hurry lives with a life-size cardboard cutout of the star in her bedroom at Castor Lodge Care home, Peterborough, Cambs.<br /><br />She has followed him for his entire career- and on Wednesday (Jan 25) he got in touch to say thank you.<br /><br />The care home held a David Beckham appreciation party for her on Tuesday (Jan 24) complete with football cupcakes and Beckham masks.<br /><br />Afterwards Mona got the surprise of her life with a dedicated thank you message from the man himself.<br /><br />In the video, Beckham said: "Hey Mona- I just wanted to send you a message because everybody at Castor Lodge, all of the staff and of course your daughters have said what an incredible lady you are.<br /><br />"I also want to say a personal thank you because I know you've followed my career, my whole career, and I know you're a huge football fan.<br /><br />"So I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your support over the years. I'm sending lots of love for being an incredible person."<br /><br />Mona was so shocked by the video, she didn't believe it was real. <br /><br />In a video filming her reaction, she said: "Is that- who is that? Did he send that to me? Really?"<br /><br />She then immediately wanted to watch it again.<br /><br />She said: "He's normal, he's natural. He doesn't have any airs and graces; he's just himself.<br /><br />"He never pushes forward. <br /><br />"Like what happened when he went to see the Queen - people made a way for him to go ahead and he said 'No, that's your place, you got here first'.<br /><br />"That's the sort of person he is."<br /><br />It was all arranged by the Castor Lodge Care Home's 'Make a Wish' initiative.<br /><br />Mona's daughters were amazed by the day. <br /><br />Her daughter Maureen said: "It is years since I have seen my mother with such a smile on her face. <br /><br />"Who knew a cut-out David Beckham was all it needed?! Thank you for doing this for her.”<br /><br />Daughter Victoria said: "Absolutely amazing - my mother looks so animated and is smiling. <br /><br />"Thank you all at Castor for your thoughtfulness and making my mother a day to remember.”<br /><br />Laura Mills, a manager at the home, helped to arrange the party and video message. <br /><br />She said: "Mona adores David Beckham and loves to talk about him. She always says what a special, lovely and charitable man he is.<br /><br /> "Bearing in mind he's a very busy man, he sent that message just after he landed in the states on Wednesday.<br /><br />"Mona is an incredibly sweet and kind lady herself, who always reaches out to everybody in the home to ask how they are. <br /><br />"Growing up, Mona served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War.<br /><br />"She operated as a code breaker to intercept and crack the secrets of German wartime communication, playing a crucial role in Allied victory."
