Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas church service with cold

Queen Elizabeth II missed the Christmas Day
church service attended by the British royal family
on Sunday because she was still suffering with a
heavy cold.
The 90-year-old, who is the supreme governor of
the Church of England, stayed indoors but was
well enough to join in the family festivities at
home afterwards, a spokesman said.
The royal family traditionally spends Christmas
together at her Sandringham private estate in
Norfolk, eastern England.
By custom they walk together to and from church,
a rare occasion for the public to meet several
members of the royal family.
Queen Elizabeth II
“Her Majesty The Queen will not attend church at
Sandringham this morning,” a palace spokesman
said.
“The Queen continues to recover from a heavy
cold and will stay indoors to assist with her
recovery.
“Her Majesty will participate in the royal family
Christmas celebrations during the day.”
The monarch and her 95-year-old husband Prince
Philip delayed their departure from London to
Sandringham from Wednesday to Thursday as
they were both suffering from heavy colds.
Prince Philip was well enough to attend the
church service and was seen alongside their
eldest son Prince Charles, the heir to the throne,
and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
Charles’s younger son Prince Harry attended,
though as per royal protocol his girlfriend, the US
actress Meghan Markle, was not at the family
gathering.
Charles’s elder son Prince William was spending
Christmas 2016 with his wife Kate’s family in
Berkshire, southern England, for the first time
since their two children were born.
They were seen taking Prince George, aged three,
and one-year-old Princess Charlotte, to their first
Christmas Day church service.
Also absent from the public stroll in Sandringham
was the monarch’s eldest granddaughter, the
equestrian champion Zara Tindall and her
husband Mike, the former England rugby captain.
Zara was pregnant with their second child but it
was announced Saturday that they had lost the
baby.
Zara’s mother Princess Anne, the queen’s second
son Prince Andrew and his daughters Princesses
Beatrice and Eugenie, plus the monarch’s
youngest son Prince Edward, were seen leaving
the Sandringham church service.
Thousands had gathered outside and Harry
chatted with well-wishers in the crowd.
In her pre-recorded Christmas Day broadcast to
the Commonwealth, the queen paid tribute to
inspirational unsung heroes, focusing on “ordinary
people doing extraordinary things”.
The royals exchange simple, practical gifts,
though on Christmas Eve as per German tradition,
and the queen leaves the room when her message
comes on the television, preferring to watch it
alone

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