British Royalty
Queen remembers Prince Philip in a Christmas address
Queen Elizabeth II taping her Christmas address in the White Drawing Room of Windsor Castle. Photo: Victoria Jones / PA Wire / dpa
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It is often the small characters that have a particularly big meaning. The Queen commemorates her deceased husband with a special piece of jewelry.
After the death of her husband Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II is expected to show herself unusually personally in her Christmas address this year.
Buckingham Palace published a photo of the monarch on Christmas Eve night, in which she is sitting in bright Christmas red in front of a festively illuminated Christmas tree at Windsor Castle and wearing a special, glittering chrysanthemum brooch.
The Queen – at that time still a princess – already wore the piece of jewelery on her honeymoon with her then new husband Philip in 1947 – and later again in 2007 for the diamond wedding. Prince Philip died in April this year at the age of 99.
The first Christmas address after the Duke of Edinburgh’s death will be televised on British television on Boxing Day – the most important day of the festival in Great Britain. Unlike originally planned, the Queen will spend the holidays at Windsor Castle in the company of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. Prince William and his family are spending the festival at their country estate in Norfolk, Eastern England.
Actually, the Royals all wanted to celebrate together in Sandringham this year. However, because of the rapidly expanding Omicron variant, the Queen canceled these plans at short notice, although there are no stricter contact restrictions in England over Christmas.
Concerns about the 95-year-old Queen’s health had increased in recent weeks after she canceled several public appearances and her doctors ordered her to rest. According to palace workers, however, she was said to have been “in good shape” at the Christmas address and only needed a few attempts, as the BBC reported on Christmas Eve.