Wednesday morning UK news briefing: Queen returns to work four days after Prince Philip's death
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14 April 2021 • 5:00am
The Queen has returned to royal duties just four days after the death of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
The 94-year-old monarch hosted yesterday her first in-person event since Philip's passing on Friday to mark the retirement of her household's most senior official, former Lord Chamberlain Earl Peel.
It comes as the Queen faces the prospect of having to sit on her own during the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral because of strict Covid rules.