Elizabeth II overcame Covid-19 at age 95 and resumed her engagements and in-person appointments. Many thought that the sovereign, whom nothing seems able to shake, would take part in the ceremony organized at Westminster Abbey, London, for Commonwealth Day next Monday. In the end, nothing will happen.
The news fell on the evening of this Friday, March 11, 2022. Buckingham Palace announced, via a press release, that Elizabeth II will not travel to Westminster Abbey on March 14.
Some 1,500 people are expected there, as part of this annual Commonwealth Day, to which the sovereign who will be 96 years old in April is very attached. “The Queen has asked the Prince of Wales to represent Her Majesty in Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on Monday“Buckingham Palace said, adding that the Queen “will continue with other scheduled engagements, including in-person engagements in the coming weekThe palace gave no reason for the cancellation.
This event represented for the queen, who will be 96 next month, her first participation in a major public event, after several months of concern about her health, and three weeks after she caught the Covid.