After a particularly difficult year, marked by many bereavements and repeated health problems, Elizabeth II was keen to celebrate Christmas with her family. This was without counting on the arrival of the Omicron variant and the sharp deterioration in the health situation across the Channel.
As several British media reported on Monday, December 20, 2021, Elizabeth II canceled her traditional stay at her residence in Sandringham, eastern England, for Christmas, which she will celebrate this year at Windsor Castle, near from London. The 95-year-old sovereign took this “personal decision after careful consideration“, explained a source close to the monarchy to the British press agency PA, for whom this choice”reflects a cautious approach“.”Members of the (royal) family will come to Windsor over Christmas time“, assures this same anonymous source, according to whom “reasonable precautions and all appropriate directions will be followed“.