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Queen Elizabeth II is back to work following the funeral of her beloved husband, Prince Philip.
Her Majesty The Queen conducted a series of royal engagements on Tuesday, marking her first since the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest on April 17. He died on April 9 at the age of 99.
Queen Elizabeth began her morning with two virtual audiences with incoming ambassadors, relayed via video link from Windsor Castle. Audiences are one-on-one meetings with the queen, and are a key element of her day-to-day work. The reigning monarch was all smiles in images released from the virtual event.
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the Queen sbirthday parade have been accidentally revealed in a now-deleted tweet. The parade is expected to be held on 12 June.
already announced to be scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In the now deleted tweet, it was confirmed that the Scots Guards would Troop the Colours in a smaller ceremony at Windsor Castle.
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celebrations were conducted last year, where other members of the royal family were not in attendance and the ceremony was broadcast on TV.
At the time, a small, brief, military ceremony took place at Windsor Castle to mark the Queen s official 94th birthday, and it was all conducted in accordance with strict social distancing guidelines.
The reigning monarch made her first royal appearance following Prince Philip’s funeral on April 17, People magazine reported on Tuesday.
The 95-year-old conducted two virtual engagements from Windsor Castle, where she has been residing for most of the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Elizabeth was seen smiling on-screen while wearing a floral dress and pearls as she interacted with Ivita Burmistre, ambassador from the Republic of Latvia, and Sara Affoue Amani, ambassador from the Republic of Côte d Ivoire. Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen by videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive Her Excellency Ivita Burmistre, the Ambassador of Latvia at Buckingham Palace on April 27, 2021, in London, England.