The Queen has cancelled her plans to have fun Christmas at Sandringham Home amid Covid fears.
Buckingham Palace confirmed to The Unbiased that Her Majesty will spend Christmas and New 12 months at Windsor Fort as a substitute of travelling to her dwelling in Norfolk as she normally would.
A royal supply mentioned the choice was a private one taken after cautious consideration, reflecting a precautionary method.
Household might be visiting the Queen at Windsor and wise precautions and all applicable tips might be adopted.
It follows an earlier choice to cancel her conventional pre-Christmas household lunch that will have taken place tomorrow (21 December).
The lunch is normally attended by her youngsters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, in addition to her cousins the Gloucesters, the Duke of Kent and the Michaels of Kent, and takes place at Buckingham Palace earlier than the Queen heads to Sandringham.
This yr is the Queen’s first Christmas with out the late Prince Philip, who died in April 2021.
Final yr, the 2 spent Christmas Day collectively at Windsor Fort with out the remainder of the household.
The transfer follows the recommendation of England’s chief medical officer to restrict social contact over Christmas.
At a Downing Avenue press convention final week, Chris Whitty mentioned: “Don’t combine with folks you don’t need to.”
He added: “I actually suppose folks must be prioritising these issues – and solely these issues – that basically matter to them.”
On Monday the UK reported 91,743 new coronavirus instances, the second highest every day determine for the reason that begin of the pandemic.
Nevertheless, the federal government introduced no new restrictions following an extended emergency cupboard assembly that happened on Monday afternoon, though the prime minister Boris Johnson mentioned the federal government is not going to rule out additional measures.
“Sadly I need to say to those who we should reserve the potential for taking additional motion to guard the general public, to guard public well being, to guard our NHS,” he mentioned.
“We’re all types of issues to maintain Omicron beneath management and we’ll rule nothing out.
“However for the time being, what I feel we would like folks to concentrate on is exercising warning – so air flow, masks within the applicable locations, all the same old stuff about washing fingers, however keep in mind how contagious Omicron actually is.”
Extra reporting by PA
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