(ANSA) - LONDON, DEC 20 - Queen Elizabeth, 95 years old - remains mainly at rest by order of the doctors in the last two months in a period in which she avoided trips and has also undergone a rare hospitalization of 24 hours for unspecified medical examinations - she will not spend the next Christmas at the Sandringham country house in Norfolk, as is traditionally done with the rest of the royal family. The British court announced today on the background of the surge in Covid infections fueled by the Micron variant, specifying that the sovereign will instead remain in the castle of Windsor during the celebration of the holiday.
The court had already announced in recent days the renunciation by His Majesty of the custom of the Christmas banquet extended to his extended family.
A palace source quoted tonight by the PA agency specified that the cancellation of the transfer to Sandringham, a residence very dear to Elizabeth II and the memory of Prince Consort Philip, who died almost a centenary this year, was taken after a careful assessment of the health situation and in the name of a "precautionary" approach to the developments of the pandemic.
The source added that the queen will in any case receive visits from the heir to the throne Charles and other close family members in Windsor for Christmas, even in compliance with all "necessary precautions" and "guidelines" set by the government.
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