The Queen gives up important royal tradition
There’s been much talk recently of the Queen taking more of a back seat when it comes to royal duties, and she’s about to take yet another step back from public life. For just the seventh time in her 65-year reign, Her Majesty will not be laying a wreath at London’s war memorial on Remembrance Sunday (November 12).
“At Her Majesty’s request, a wreath will be laid on her behalf by The Prince of Wales,” the Palace confirmed in a statement.
She will instead view the ceremony, which takes place annually at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, form the balcony of the nearby Foreign Office with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
According to BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt, the fact that Her Majesty is allowing her heir Prince Charles to take over more of her royal duties is “another sign of the Royal Family in transition,”. He added that the announcement was also “an acknowledgment of the fact the Queen is 91”.
The Queen has only ever missed the ceremony six times previously – four of which because she was on foreign visits, and two of which were just before the births of her two youngest children, Princes Andrew and Edward.
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