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The 94-year-old queen and her husband, Prince Philip, usually meet other family members at Christmas at the monarch’s private mansion in Sandringham, East Anglia.
“Following the relevant recommendations, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have decided to welcome Christmas to Windsor this year,” the Royal Palace said, referring to the castle west of London.
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Elizabeth II canceled her participation in public events and on March 19 moved from her official London residence to Windsor Castle.
Almost 1.65 million have been identified in Britain since the start of the pandemic. cases of infection by coronavirus COVID-19, more than 59 thousand. the infected died. Older people are classified as higher risk.
Prince Philip, who turned 99 on June 10, has been plagued with health problems in recent years. Last December, he spent four days in the hospital due to an old, unidentified illness.
His eldest son, Prince Charles, and his grandson, Prince William, had to be isolated because they were infected with a coronavirus. Both experienced mild symptoms of COVID-19.
In early April, the monarch urged the British to use the spirit and determination of World War II to overcome the difficult period of quarantine through a rare televised address to the nation, assuring them that a concerted effort would help to overcome the illness.
The Queen also communicated with visiting staff through a video call.
His weekly meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson take place by phone.
On June 13, Elizabeth II appeared on his occasion in her flagship parade, traditionally celebrated in honor of her official birthday, which was much more modest than usual this year due to the pandemic. A pompous event, which generally draws thousands of tourists to the streets of central London, was held for the first time since 1895 on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
In July, Monarch Vinzore also ordered a centenary of Captain Thomas Moore, a World War II veteran, who raised millions of pounds for UK health charities.
In April, before her 100th birthday, Moore came up with the idea to encourage people to donate to charities by taking a ten-lap walk in her 25-meter-long garden every day.
Elizabeth II first appeared outside her home, the so-called “HMS bubble”, on October 16, when she and her grandson, Prince William, visited the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory in Porton Down, south-west England.
The coronavir research laboratory discovered in 2018 that an attempt had been made to kill former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in nearby Novičiok for nerve palsy based in the Soviet Union.
Elizabeth II is also occasionally present at Balmoral Manor and Sandringham in North East Scotland.
Prepared by Raimondas Čiuplys
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