Elizabeth II forced to cancel traditional Christmas dinner

Elizabeth II takes great care of her health. Faced with the increase in Covid-19 contaminations, and the spread of the Omicron variant, the British sovereign preferred to cancel a big Christmas meal that she traditionally organizes at Windsor Castle. The event was to take place on Tuesday, December 21 in the presence of about fifty people. “This is a precautionary decision as the lunch would endanger too many people’s Christmas plans if it was kept.“, explains a spokesperson for the royal family in the English newspaper The Sun. A heavy blow for the 95-year-old woman who is very attached to this tradition. She had already had to give up on it in 2020 because of the global epidemic. The tabloid notes that this is in addition to the first holiday season the Queen will spend without her husband, Prince Philip, who died in April.

She must then go to her residence in Sandringham, to spend D-Day surrounded by her very close family, another tradition of the Royal Family of England. “Faced with the spread of the Omicron variant, the question is whether or not the Queen will still be spending Christmas at Sandringham this year“, writes the tabloid.

Elizabeth II’s fragile health

At 95, Queen Elizabeth II is very careful about her health. In October 2021, she had caused fear in the British after a short stay in hospital for “preliminary examinations” and a forced rest, which had not happened since 2013. She had even canceled her visit to the COP26 which was held in Glasgow, an event which was nevertheless close to his heart.