Queen Elizabeth Makes First Public Look In Weeks At Horse Present

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II attended the Royal Windsor Horse Present on Friday, watching her beloved equines from the consolation of a Vary Rover earlier than strolling to her field in her first public look in particular person in weeks.

The monarch sat within the entrance passenger seat and spoke to a small group by means of the window after pulling as much as the parade floor close to Windsor Citadel, the place she has spent a lot of the previous two years. The queen appeared relaxed and smiled whereas dozens of photographers just a few ft away tried to seize the second.

The queen’s public appearances are being carefully watched as Britain prepares to rejoice the monarch’s 70 years on the throne with 4 days of festivities June 2-5.

Elizabeth, 96, has curtailed her schedule in latest months as she recovered from COVID-19 and coped with unspecified difficulties in transferring round.

On Tuesday, she requested Prince Charles to preside over the state opening of Parliament and ship the Queen’s Speech, which lays out the federal government’s legislative program. The occasion is among the queen’s most essential public appearances, highlighting her constitutional function as head of state.

Buckingham Palace didn’t elaborate on what prompted the queen to delegate her function to Prince Charles, however she has skilled what the palace calls “episodic mobility issues″ in latest months. Elizabeth has used a cane throughout some latest public appearances, and Prince Andrew escorted the queen into Westminster Abbey throughout final month’s memorial service for her late husband, Prince Philip.