I was genuinely shocked by how spry and capable Queen Elizabeth appeared at the Royal Windsor Horse Show and the opening of the “Elizabeth Line” at Paddington Station. She seemed able to move around pretty well with her cane, all things considered, and she seemed pretty sharp in general. There must have been sighs of relief going through all of her advisors and Charles’s advisors too. The Queen was doing better, she’ll make it to the Jubbly, everything is back on track, surely? Well, as Jubbly plans get firmed up, it turns out that there are still arrangements being made for QEII, arrangements which will have her briefly appearing at Trooping the Colour but not “taking the royal salute.”
Prince Charles, Prince William, and Princess Anne are reported to be taking “the royal salute” at the Trooping the Color ceremony—with Queen Elizabeth not doing so for the first time in 70 years, the Sunday Times reports.
Although the queen has been seen in recent days out and about looking bright and cheerful at the Royal Windsor Horse Show and visiting the new “Elizabeth” London Underground line, and be present for a period of time during Trooping the Color, “the ceremony is being modified with her comfort in mind,” the paper reports.
The queen might “travel in a carriage from Buckingham Palace to briefly inspect the troops, before retiring for the rest of the ceremony,” the Sunday Times says, before appearing on Buckingham Palace’s balcony with other members of the family. An alternative is that the queen just appears on the balcony. It all depends on the “episodic mobility problems” the palace has said the queen has been experiencing.
[From The Times & The Daily Beast]
I mean, the good news (I guess) is that she’s well enough to even think about making some kind of appearance at Trooping. Because that wasn’t guaranteed, and just a few weeks ago, the aides were making it sound like no one should expect her on the balcony or at Trooping whatsoever. Which is just a reminder that none of this sh-t even matters. They should have adapted ALL of this Jubbly nonsense from the start. They should have just made it a lot quieter, cheaper and Windsor-based. The emphasis should have been on doing events around the Queen’s mobility and then side-events for the senior royals in her place. Instead, it’s like an entire nation is bullying a 96-year-old woman into coming to the huge party they’re throwing for her.
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She is really looking like nobody’s home upstairs in some of these smiley photos. It’s concerning.
Might be a side effect of whatever medicinal cocktail they have her on so she can actually make these appearances.
The Jubilee is really about getting people to London. If this was really about the Queen they would have done as Kaiser has suggested.
🎵 It’s all about da pound, just da pound, not the Queenie….It’s all about da pound, just da pound, not the Queenie….🎶
Well, “episodic mobility problems” is the most specific the palace has gotten, right? It does seem like she’s improved a lot over the past few weeks, considering how even a month ago it felt like she was MIA and was going to stay that way, and now she showed up at the horse show, and she did the Elizabeth Line opening.
My guess is she does make it to the balcony but that’s it (she wont go in the carriage to inspect the troops or whatever.)
My theory is that they’re trying to avoid organized booing for the queen; if no one knows when she’ll pop up, it’s hard to get a crowd.
I wonder if some of this is ” episodic mood problems “. My FIL, with early dementia, during the brief time he lived with us, would at the very last minute decide , ” I’m not going”. He could just as easily forget and say ” let’s go”. She could be keeping her staff in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
It could be. It could also be just mobility. It could also be both. The key, though, is that at this point in her life — mid-90’s with uncertain health issues— it really doesn’t make sense to plan ahead, since things can change in seconds.
I agree with Kaiser — that these celebrations should have been low-key and based in Windsor, with other events like fireworks or whatever, wherever there is interest and support for them. I also think that from here on out, every public appearance should be planned around Charles or other representatives, with the understanding that the Queen will attend if she feels able to. It doesn’t make sense to try to predict the unpredictable. If that means making two sets of programs or placards or whatever, to account for last minute changes, so be it.
The photos of the decorating so far are already giving off an eerie nationalism vibe straight from the past.. I am paying attention only because the Sussex’s are attending and for them I am glad that she seems to be healthier.
IMO, nobody really cared about this dumb Jubbly until the Sussex’s were mentioned. Therefore, mission accomplished.
At 96 the Queen has the right to choose what she wants and doesn’t want to do.
stop making stuff up. she doesn’t and should not get to pick and choose. if she can’t fulfill her duties, retire and let a more competent handle it.
She does seem pretty spry, considering how much they cut back on her appearances. It seems the limiting factor is duration. So that makes me wonder if it’s not mobility but something else? For example, if she was incontinent, they would NEVER admit it, because “dignity,” I guess? Or if she was senile and they need to limit the time in which we would see evidence of that? But I suspect it’s not “mobility” just based on things she can do vs cannot do.