Among the guests were the former cook Angela Wood, who had helped to create the “coronation chicken” or “Queen Elizabeth Chicken”, now a classic of British gastronomy, cold chicken coated in a creamy curry sauce which had was served at the coronation banquet of Elizabeth II in 1953.
AFP recalls that the state of health of the sovereign worries since she was put to rest by her doctors in October and spent a night in the hospital for “preliminary” examinations, the nature of which has never been specified. It has since considerably reduced its activities. This dSunday, it celebrates without fanfare the historic milestone of 70 years of reign, unequaled for a British monarch, in Sandringham where she is traditionally on this anniversary day.
No official ceremony is planned for this February 6 which, in addition to her accession to the throne at the age of 25 in 1952, is also the date of the death of her father King George VI, to whom she was very attached, from lung cancer. . Popular festivities are, however, planned for a long four-day bank holiday weekend in early June. And the question that burns our lips … Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry be there?
On Saturday February 5, the queen also took everyone by surprise by publicly announcing her “sincere wish” than Camilla Parker Bowles “be known as queen consortwhen Prince Charles, 73, takes the throne.