New (surprise) public commitment for Queen Elizabeth

After the Platinum Jubilee celebrations it was thought that the Queen Elizabeth he would have opted for a period of rest in his country residences, thanks to the arrival of summer, but the sovereign, notoriously very active, continues to surprise.

So, after the last, unexpected, public outings, he accompanied his daughter Anna visiting a hospice located about fifteen kilometers from Windsor Castle, the Thames Hospice of Maidenhead, Berkshire, which has just opened its new headquarters. The Queen arrived in the late morning of Friday, July 15, with a minimum noticeas happens more and more often.

Leaning against the now inevitable stick, the queen appeared in an excellent mood and chatted for a long time with the staff of the hospice, which supports itself thanks to donations and offers free assistance, also thanks to a network of 700 volunteers, and with guests, aged 16 and over. Always a step backwards, Princess Anna, who on the occasion of this rare mother-daughter outing preferred to leave the whole scene to the sovereign. Together, before leaving, they discovered a plaque and signed the visitor’s book.

For the moment the queen is permanently in Windsor and there is still no official date about her summer travels. She usually splits between Sandringhamhis residence in Norfolk, and the beloved castle of Balmoral, in Scotland, where she usually receives children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In the last two years, due to the restrictions due to the pandemic and the security “bubble” built around the sovereign, visits have been rare and sip, but now everything could return to normal. Usually her Majesty moves at the end of July and leaves again at the beginning of October, she who knows if this will be the case again this year. Unless you give your subjects a few more surprises. They are almost used to it now.

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