A few days ago, Elizabeth II had missed the opening of the new parliamentary session, leaving it to her son Prince Charles to replace her. Rumors swirled about the delicate health of the monarch. But the queen took everyone by surprise this Friday, May 13, 2022, by attending Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Elizabeth II unable to move? Proof no!
This Friday, May 13, 2022, the 96-year-old sovereign made a surprise appearance at a prestigious equestrian competition in Windsor, enough to allay concerns about her state of health a few days after missing the opening of the new session. parliamentary. Passionate about horses, Queen Elizabeth II was pictured smiling and relaxed as she arrived at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, near Windsor Castle where she now resides.
Wearing tinted glasses and a dark blue cardigan, she sat in the front passenger seat of a Range Rover. She was seen exchanging a few words and joking with a small group of people from the rolled down window of the car.
Several of Elizabeth II’s horses compete in the Royal Windsor Horse Show and her beloved pony, Balmoral Leia, whom she had come to see especially, took victory in her category. The sovereign did not last long, leaving the prestigious equestrian competition forty-five minutes after her arrival.
Due to mobility problems and on the advice of her doctors, Elizabeth II had given up on Tuesday to deliver the traditional speech from the throne marking a new parliamentary session, for only the third time in 70 years of reign. She was replaced for the first time by Crown Prince Charles, 73, bringing a new sign of the transition underway for the British monarchy under the effect of his health problems. Prince Charles was accompanied by his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, and his eldest son, Prince William.
The Queen’s appearances have become rare. Seen with a cane in recent months, Elizabeth II had spent a night in the hospital last October for reasons that have never been disclosed. She had also been infected with the coronavirus in February.
Her last public appearance was at the March 29 memorial service for her late husband Prince Philip, who died aged 99 in 2021. Her absence from the throne speech had reignited questions about her early June participation in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations marking her 70 years of reign, unequaled for a British monarch.
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