As Christmas and the New Year draw nearer, and as the difficult year of 2021 draws to a close, Queen Elizabeth II has been in a good mood lately and is carrying out her own Christmas plan.
According to the latest foreign media reports on December 15, next Tuesday (December 21, local time), the Queen will hold a Christmas dinner at Windsor Castle. The 95-year-old lady will host about 50 members of the royal family, including Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess Camilla of Cornwall, the Duke of Cambridge (Prince William, Kate Middleton and three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis).
The great-grandchildren born this year – Auguste (son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank), Lucas (the youngest son of Zara and Mike Tyndall) and Siena (daughter of Princess Beatrice and Eduardo Mappelli Mozi) – are expected to attend this year's Windsor Dinner. Slightly regrettable to the elderly, prince Harry's two children (Archie and Lilibert) were absent.
This Windsor dinner is said to be a "modified version" of the famous annual Buckingham Palace luncheon. Because the Queen now lives most of her life at Windsor Castle. In order to avoid travel, the old lady, on the advice of doctors and royal assistants, set up the location at Windsor Castle. The source told the media: "At present, everything about the dinner is in orderly preparation, but considering the current situation of the new crown epidemic, all this will be under strict scrutiny until the last moment." This is Windsor Castle, so it's easy to implement 'social distancing' if needed. ”
At the same time, the source also revealed the Queen's determination to spend Christmas with her family against all odds; "Because this is the first time that so many family members have gathered since The funeral of Prince Philip, the Queen will not hinder such family reunion activities because of anything." ”
It is reported that after the Windsor dinner, the old lady will take a helicopter to Sandringham Manor to prepare for the Christmas reunion. Therefore, if there is no special accident, the old lady will return to the Christmas habits of previous years. Spend Christmas with Charles, Camilla, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince Edward family at Sandringham, and will walk with the family to St. Mary's Magdalene Church the next day. Three-year-old Prince Louis will also join to complete his first Christmas walk.
In addition, according to foreign media reports, a few days ago, the Queen has completed the recording of this year's annual TV Christmas speech. It is reported that a few days ago, the old lady invited the ITV (British Independent Television) program film crew to Windsor Castle to record this annual speech that has attracted the attention of the British people and royal fans.
As we all know, in the past, the Queen's Christmas message was broadcast on BBC (British National Radio) television. However, in November this year, the BBC angered the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William with the controversial documentary The Princes and the Media. In addition to issuing a joint statement condemning its documentary as "unsubstantiated", the "big three" of the British Royal Family have made it clear that they will boycott future cooperation with the BBC.
Following the disqualification of the BBC from the 'Christmas Carol Concert', the Queen also expressed her tough attitude towards the BBC with action. In fact, since the first episode of The Princes and the Media sparked a huge controversy, the BBC's position has become a bit passive.
What makes them even more embarrassed is that the documentary did not bring them the expected "high returns", and also brought their relationship with the British royal family to an unprecedented low. Recently, in order to appease the British royal family and royal fans, the BBC had to shelve a previously planned podcast program about Harry and Meghan Markle indefinitely. However, whether this wave of operations can really calm the anger of the British royal family and the anger of fans is still unknown. Next, what does the BBC do? Stay tuned for further news.
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