PACKED SCHEDULE AT 95
For a woman of 95, the Monarch faces a packed diary of engagements over the next year, including:
November 1: COP26 UN climate change conference, Glasgow, alongside Prince Charles and Prince
William. Visit is said to be hanging in the balance.
November 14: Remembrance Sunday.
She no longer lays a wreath at the
Cenotaph but watches from a balcony.
December 20 to mid-February, 2022: Christmas and new year break at Sandringham. Meets public on visit to church on Christmas morning, and entertains family and visitors during her stay in Norfolk.
April 14: Maundy Thursday church service. Queen distributes special Maundy money to pensioners.
May: State Opening of Parliament. Also expected to accept a gift from Parliamentarians, possibly a commemorative lamp-post, to mark 70-year reign.
June 2: Trooping The Colour to mark her birthday.
She has missed it only once, in 1955, when it was cancelled because of a rail strike. This year it was scaled back and held at Windsor.
June 2-5: Platinum Jubilee weekend, including a Buckingham Palace concert, service at St Paul’s Cathedral, pageant and street parties.
June: Annual meeting of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest British order of chivalry.
Hosted by the Queen at Windsor Castle.
June: Royal Ascot, said to be her favourite event of the year. She missed 2020’s meeting because of Covid, her first absence in 68 years, but went this year.
August: Garden parties. Traditionally she hosts three at Buckingham Palace and one at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. 2021’s parties were cancelled.
September 3: Braemar Gathering. Highland
Games coincides with her summer break at nearby Balmoral.
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