Queen Elizabeth and Grace Nichols.Photo: Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Queen Elizabethwas all smiles during her latest in-person audience at Windsor Castle.
The 95-year-old monarch appeared in good spirits as she met face-to-face with Guyanese poet Grace Nichols on Wednesday as she was presented with a Gold Medal for Poetry.
The Queen was pictured without her walking cane, which she has been using recently amid complaints of mobility issues.
The monarch’s in-person engagement comes after shepulled out of her appearanceat the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
Queen Elizabeth and Grace Nichols.Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Although she recently recovered from COVID-19, PEOPLE understands that the Queen’s absence from the Commonwealth Day Service is not related to illness. There were discussions surrounding the monarch’s comfort when it came to her travel arrangements and attending the service.
Queen Elizabethis reportedly being told to pace herself in the coming days and weeks ahead of the memorial service for her late beloved husbandPrince Philipat Westminster Abbey on March 29.
The Queen alsoheld an in-person audienceto welcome the new Governor-General of Canada and her husband at Windsor Castle for tea on Tuesday.
Queen Elizabeth on Feb. 5.Joe Giddens/getty
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In her traditionalCommonwealth Day message on Monday, the Queen pledged to continue the promise she made 75 years ago that she will be forever “devoted” to her public work.
“In this year of my Platinum Jubilee, it has given me pleasure to renew the promise I made in 1947, that my life will always be devoted in service,” she stated.
source: people.com
