Parents of Charlie Gard speak to the media in London, before delivering the petition to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA Images. All rights reserved.
The private tragedy endured by the family of terminally-ill British child Charlie Gard has become a cause célèbre for conservative campaigners across Europe and especially the US. On Monday, his parents said they would end their legal battle to take him to America for experimental treatment. A global alliance of sympathisers and activists, calling themselves ‘#CharliesArmy’, live-tweeted the news to followers of the case around the world.
