The ninety-three year-old
monarch will carry out a number of small duties at Buckingham Palace in the
next few days before she heads to Windsor, west of London, on Thursday, a week
earlier than scheduled.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
cancelled her annual garden parties and will leave London for Windsor Castle
earlier than planned because of the coronavirus outbreak, Buckingham Palace
said on Tuesday.
“She will remain there
beyond the Easter period.
“In consultation with the
Medical Household and government, a number of public events with large numbers
of people due to have been attended by the Queen, and other members of the
royal family, in the coming months will be cancelled or postponed,” the palace
said in a statement.
The decision came a day
after Britain ordered a shutdown of social life.
Among the cancelled royal
events would be the annual Maundy Service at Windsor in April and three garden
parties that were to be staged at Buckingham Palace in May.
Meanwhile, decisions on
whether a planned state visit by the Emperor of Japan should go ahead would be
made later.
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