The disappointments are linked for the queen … This Thursday, December 16, 2021, Buckingham Palace announced that the traditional Christmas lunch for the royal family is canceled due to the resumption of the coronavirus pandemic. Already last year, the event that allows the Windsor clan to reunite was canceled for the same reason.
On Twitter, Rebecca English, specialist reporter for Daily Mail, relayed the information: “The Queen’s Pre-Christmas Family Lunch will now NOT be held. The move is a precautionary measure as it is believed that it could endanger too many people’s Christmas preparations if it is maintained. The Queen regrets, but thinks it is the right thing to do.“We will therefore not be entitled to the traditional parade of large cars with members of the royal family arriving and leaving Buckingham (see slideshow).
This Christmas pre-lunch is usually the occasion for the Queen to reunite her extended family, especially those members who cannot take part in the traditional Royal Christmas in Sandringham (in Norfolk). Several British media, including Hello, suggested that Elizabeth II could postpone the lunch until December 21 by organizing it instead at Windsor Castle, where she has lived since the start of the health crisis. Scenario that has not yet been confirmed by the palace.
After a particularly trying year 2021, the 95-year-old sovereign would still deserve to spend the end of the year holidays with her family, especially since it will be her very first Christmas without her late husband Prince Philip. last April. Her outings have also been limited since she was briefly hospitalized in October … If the queen should be able to count on the presence of Prince William, his wife Kate Middleton and their three children to open her packages, difficult to say the same for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who are expected to stay in California with Archie and Lilibet (2 years and 6 months).