A holiday plane will be named after a Fife toddler who captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people.
More than 135,000 people voted for Thomson’s new Boeing 787 to be called Edie, after little Edie Murphy from Kirkcaldy.
The Fly High Edie campaign went viral just a fortnight after her death.
The tot passed away on October 16, a week after being rushed to hospital with a high temperature and convulsions.
A friend of her heartbroken parents Cheryl and Tom Murphy entered her name in the holiday firm’s competition to name the latest addition to its fleet and within hours votes began flooding in from around the world.
Thomson revealed on Twitter this morning: “We are pleased to announce that the winner of Name Our Plane is Edie!”
A Tweet from the FlyHighEdie campaign said: “Thank you so much. They are all winners.”
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Name Our Plane competition is Edie! #nameourplane #thomsonholidays pic.twitter.com/FWBsfNjFfp
— Thomson (@ThomsonHolidays) November 20, 2015
Edie’s entry was among five shortlisted, including Macey Moo and Fly High Jacob.
Before the result was announced Cheryl thanked everyone who had voted on her Facebook page.
She said: “When this started we never imagined it would ever get this big and in our minds we would have been happy if it had reached 500 people, nevermind over 130,000!
“Edie has touched the hearts of thousands, her beautiful face has been all over the internet, everybody knows her name and now friends and family are fundraising in Edie’s name.
“That in itself is an incredible tribute for our angel.”
@ThomsonHolidays thank you thank you thank you #FlyHighEdie an amazing tribute to an amazing little girl xx
— lauren farmer (@laurenx84xx) November 20, 2015
Tom and Cheryl, who both worked for Fife Council and have a four-month-old daughter Annie, were due to move to Leeds, where Tom is from, the day Edie was admitted to Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital.
Edie was transferred to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh but an MRI scan revealed she had suffered damage to her brain and vital organs.
Cheryl told The Courier that Edie was fascinated with the sky and would have loved the idea of a plane having her name.