It was last February that the news fell, then shaking the United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for Covid-19. Luckily, the monarch was only showing mild symptoms. But weeks later, if the grandmother of princes William and Harry has managed to defeat the virus, she has serious consequences. Exhausted, she confided in her state of health during a videoconference with members of the public health system of the United Kingdom. “It leaves us very tired and exhausted, doesn’t it? This horrible pandemic. This is not a pleasant result“, launched Elizabeth II in front of Asef Hussain, former patient victim of Covid-19, on the occasion of the virtual inauguration of a care unit in his name at the Royal London Hospital and his wife Shamina.
The soon to be 96-year-old monarch had mild symptoms, similar to those of a cold, but she also suffered from mobility problems. It must be said that even before contracting the Covid, Elizabeth II had already had to lighten her schedule. His hospitalization in October, the nature of which is still unknown, had sounded the alarm to his doctors. And some of his business trips had been cancelled. A decision made to his great despair. Always folded up at Windsor Castle, the mother of the Prince of Wales is now struggling to move.
The queen absent from her jubilee?
The burning question is whether or not the queen will be able to participate in her platinum jubilee. This Friday, April 8, it has been decided that she will not attend the annual Easter church service. For the first time, it is Charles who will represent it this Thursday, April 14 in the chapel of Saint-Georges at Windsor Castle. A disappointment for his followers who were already taking the hit after the revelation on March 5 that Elizabeth II would not participate in all the celebrations planned for the platinum jubilee next June. According to some experts from the British crown, the consequences of the queen due to the Covid could give rise to a total reorganization of the anniversary of her 70 years of reign.