Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Move Happened A Week Earlier Than Planned Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

Queen Elizabeth II’s move to Windsor happened a week earlier than planned.

The Queen has officially moved to Windsor with Prince Philip on Thursday. Her Majesty confirmed this in a statement saying that “we are all being advised to change our normal routines and regular patterns of life for the greater goof of the communities we live in and, in particular, to protect the most vulnerable with them.”

According to ITV, the move happened a week earlier than planned due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her majesty always moves her court to Windsor for the Easter period. However, this year, the Buckingham Palace was forced to change the monarch’s royal diary in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prince Philip, who has been living in Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, is also in Windsor already. A source said that unlike Queen Elizabeth II’s, the Duke of Edinburgh’s move to Windsor on Thursday was “planned.” The 98-year-old royal was flown by a helicopter from Norfolk to Windsor.

Last weekend, it was reported that Queen Elizabeth II was forced to quit Buckingham Palace and move to Windsor due to coronavirus fears. Her staff was reportedly already panicky because the palace is more susceptible to the virus since it hosts constant streams of visitors including politicians and dignitaries.

It also has a bigger staff. Buckingham Palace has reportedly around 500 staff, Windsor has 100, and Sandringham has a handful.

“Buckingham Palace is in the middle of London and also has a bigger staff than other estates so is deemed a much more dangerous location. There have been no specific scares or positive tests there yet but no one wants to take any chances,” a royal source said.

However, the Queen debunked the reports by returning to Buckingham Palace on Monday afternoon to continue her royal duties. On Tuesday, the Queen received the outgoing and incoming Commanding Officers of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Commodore Stephen Moorhouse and Captain Angus Essenhigh at Buckingham Palace.

Some were concerned about the Queen for still receiving guests especially that there were photos of them standing close to each other and the monarch was not wearing her signature white gloves. Furthermore, older people are more susceptible to coronavirus.

In fact, the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles might be forced to isolate themselves as the government was reportedly planning to ask those in in their 70s and above to be in isolation for four months.