An RAF jet bringing Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, touched down in Scotland as they raced to be at the Queen’s bedside to join a vigil led by Prince Charles and Princess Anne.
Her Majesty’s children and grandchildren have rushed to Balmoral after doctors demonstrated their concern for the monarch’s health while she was being kept under medical supervision. However, Prince Harry is journeying to Aberdeenshire without his wife Meghan Markle, who’s remaining at Frogmore Cottage.
In an unusual statement regarding the 96-year-old’s health, Buckingham Palace described the Queen as comfortable after her doctors examined her this morning, hours after she was advised to rest instead of attending a meeting of the Privy Council on Zoom last night.
A royal spokesman said that following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors were worried for Her Majesty’s health and advised that she remain under medical care. The Queen remains comfortable at Balmoral.
Prince Charles, Camilla and Princess Anne were believed to be with the Queen, whose health seems to have declined this morning.
The heir to the throne was seen holding a briefcase and took a royal helicopter to Balmoral from Dumfries House with his wife this morning. Princess Anne was already at Balmoral after an engagement this week.
At 4 pm a jet from RAF Northolt in London to Aberdeen disembarked bearing the Duke of York, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, who filed off the aircraft led by Prince William. Their convoy of cars reached Balmoral at 5 pm.
Prince Harry wasn’t on board but it was believed that he was on his way to Balmoral, separately from the other Royals, whilst Meghan will stay in London and won’t attend the WellChild awards as scheduled, but Meghan could possibly join Harry in Scotland at a later date.
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge remained behind and was spotted in Windsor going to pick up George, Charlotte and Louis after their first full day at their new school.
Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen’s immediate family were informed with her successor, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, rushing to her bedside from their Scottish residence Dumfries House in Ayrshire by helicopter.
Sadly the Queen has now passed away peacefully, and it’s heartbreaking that the Queen is gone because it will feel to many that she’s been around forever, and for the majority of us, she’s the monarch we’ve known forever.
Unfortunately, the Queen began to go downhill when her beloved husband Prince Philip died.
Of course, many people hoped that she would recover but it really had to be accepted that the Queen was old and frail, but she also lived a wonderful life, and she represented an epoch that is now gradually fading, and I actually don’t hold out much hope for the future without this persistent force, loyalty and strength, and the Queen’s demise will now be that moment of transition.
The Queen had been this country’s strength, with Prince Philip by her side, and she’s been an unyielding Queen and had devoted her whole life to Britain with duty and service.
Queen Elizabeth I was called the lady of ‘The Golden Age’. Now Queen Elizabeth II should be called the lady of ‘The Incomparable Age’, and we will probably never see a monarch like Queen Elizabeth II again, at least not in our lifetime, and it’s sad that our children and their children after them will not fully share that experience of having a Queen like her.
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