Queen Elizabeth II Makes First In-Person Engagement Following COVID-19 Recovery
Queen Elizabeth II is back to fulfilling her duties and responsibilities as the reigning British Monarch after recovering from COVID-19. She recently held an in-person meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
Page Six reported that the meeting took place at Windsor Castle on Monday. It served as the monarch’s first personal engagement after her full recovery from the COVID-19-causing virus.
Several photos made headlines following the meeting. They show the Queen smiling and shaking hands with the Canadian leader.
The publication said that two world personalities chatted in front of a “yellow and blue bouquet of flowers.” This signaled the royal’s support of Ukraine amid the invasion of Russia in the country.
Queen Elizabeth II’s meeting on Monday was not her first engagement since her recovery from COVID-19. Days after the public learned about her diagnosis, reports recalled that she immediately returned to her work, doing virtual meetings.
Aside from doing her duties and responsibilities, the British Monarch, also, visited some members of her family earlier this month. She reunited with several of them at Frogmore Cottage, which is on her Windsor estate.
She reportedly spent time with Princess Beatrice, Prince William, and Kate Middleton. They were said to be with their respective children, as well, during the visitation.
People said that Queen Elizabeth II contracted COVID-19 in mid-February. Buckingham Palace announced that she had tested positive for the virus on February 20.
The official statement, also, clarified that the Queen was “experiencing mild cold-like symptoms.” But, despite the diagnosis, she expected to “continue light duties at Windsor.”
Prior to her positive test results, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles first contracted COVID-19. All the senior members of the British Royal Family already completed the initial vaccine series against the novel coronavirus, and have since received the booster shots.
Amid the reports about the in-person engagement on Monday, sources told Us Weekly that Queen Elizabeth II is leaving Buckingham Palace for good. She will be staying at Windsor Castle, which has become her home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
As alleged, the Queen will make the estate her “full-time home,” instead of returning to Buckingham Palace. Although confirmations have yet to surface before the public, it is noted that she prefers the property because it is where she spent her final days with her late husband, Prince Philip, who passed away at the age of 99 in April of 2021.