Queen Elizabeth will spend her first Christmas in Windsor without her beloved Philip

Yet another setback for the Christmas of Queen Elizabeth. After canceling lunch in Sandringham with her family due to the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, which in the UK is proving particularly difficult to keep under control, in the end the sovereign has decided to completely renounce the traditions of all time: will spend Christmas in Windsor for precautionary reasons.

For Elizabeth it will be the second Christmas away from her residence in Norfolk, where she usually stays for a good part of the winter to celebrate the anniversary of the death of her beloved father in meditation. George VI, died in Sandringham on February 6, 1952.

Despite the setback, everything should take place according to tradition. During the upcoming holidays, the queen will receive visits from children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, not all together, of course, for safety reasons always linked to the pandemic still in progress. According to a source who spoke to the Daily Mail, it would be a personal decision of the sovereign, not imposed by others, taken after careful consideration.

However, it is not yet known if Elizabeth II will have guests for Christmas dinner or if she will be completely alone. For the sovereign it will be an unusual situation, also because Christmas of 2021 will be the first without her husband Filippo, died on April 9 at the age of 99.

Since that time, the queen has led a very private life, except for a series of official commitments, both face-to-face and online, which put a strain on her health, so much so that last October she was also hospitalized for a series of tests. Nothing serious, fortunately, simple routine tests: at 95, after all, it is more than understandable.

The queen is in excellent health, has no intention of abdicating and is looking forward to the pandemic being an archived matter. To get back on track, like everyone else.