Queen Elizabeth cancels pre-Christmas family lunch as Covid-19 cases rise in the UK

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth has cancelled a pre-Christmas lunch with her family as a precaution when instances of COVID-19 soar in Britain, a Buckingham Palace supply said.

“The selection is a precautionary one particular as it is felt to put also quite a few people’s Christmas preparations at threat if it went forward.

“While there is regret that it is cancelled, there is a belief it is the appropriate factor to do for all.”

England’s chief professional medical officer warned people on Wednesday not to mix with many others unless they have to in the operate-up to Xmas immediately after Britain recorded its most everyday coronavirus scenarios considering the fact that the start out of the pandemic.

Britain’s 95-calendar year-outdated monarch used the greater part of the pandemic at Windsor Castle to the west of London. Her spouse Prince Philip died in April this yr after extra than 7 many years of relationship.

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