Posted: 22:03, 16 April 2022 | Updated: 23:50, 16 April 2022
The public should begin to assume that the queen will not attend public events, a palace source told The Mail on Sunday. In recent months, Buckingham Palace has been forced to make several last-minute announcements that the Queen “sadly” withdrew from her engagement due to mobility problems. Under a new strategy, assistants will now only confirm its presence on the day of an event. “The assumption now must be that the queen will not be present at events,” the source said. “If Her Majesty is present, it will be decided on the day and will be accompanied by another member of the royal family.” During her record-breaking 70-year reign, the queen’s engagement in most engagements was scheduled for months and was often announced publicly weeks in advance. But the presence of the Monarch – who is celebrating her 96th birthday on Thursday – will now be a bonus, rather than a guarantee. The decision means an even bigger role for Prince Charles, under whose leadership – to a large extent – the Monarchy essentially continues. Prince Charles (photo with the queen) is set to play an even bigger role in the monarchy as a source says the public should not expect the queen to appear at public events The Queen had ongoing mobility problems, but looked good during recent virtual engagements On Thursday, Charles backed the queen when he lost his Maundy Service for the first time in 52 years. While the queen was not suffering from a new illness and performed well during sham engagements, ongoing mobility problems meant she could not attend the ceremony at St George’s Chapel near her Windsor Castle apartments. Her most recent public appearance was on March 29 at the Thanksgiving ceremony for her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey. But in the last six months she has retired from many other events that have historically been central to her calendar, including the Memorial Sunday service and the Commonwealth’s annual service. The aides hope that the Queen will be able to attend some of the events organized to celebrate her 70th anniversary, although these are expected to be few in number.
Charles welcomes families opening homes to refugees in a touching Easter message
“This year I had the immense privilege of representing His Majesty the Queen in Holy Communion, when Christians remember that humility and sacrifice are at the heart of our faith. “In that service, which he attended with my mother so many times over the years, my father, the Duke of Edinburgh, always read the Gospel that says how on the night of the Last Supper, Jesus knelt before his disciples and washed their feet tired from travel. “Our Lord told them that He did this to give them an example of how to care for and serve one another. It is a message they have never forgotten, and it is as difficult today as it was then. “Today, millions of people are displaced, tired of traveling from troubled places, injured by the past, afraid of the future – and in need of welcome, rest and kindness. “In recent years, I have found myself devastated by the suffering of innocent victims of conflict or persecution, some of whom I have met and told stories of untold tragedy as they were forced to flee their country and seek refuge away from home. home. “But in all this sadness and inhumanity, it was deeply moving to see how so many people are ready to open their homes to those in need and how they have offered their time and resources to help those in distress. which destroys their soul. and hardships. “This Easter, as always, reminds us of the timeless example of our Lord of goodness in the face of suffering, of courage in the face of fear, of faith in the face of despair. His light triumphed in that dark age. I pray with all my heart that his inspiring example will help us all to dispel the darkness of the world “.
