The "concern" about the state of health of Elizabeth II, which Buckingham Palace announced late in the morning, has mobilized the entire family of Her Majesty.
Little by little the main members of her have been moving to Balmoral Castle, in Scotland, to be with her.
The first to arrive to accompany her were Charles of England, 73 years old and heir to the British throne, and her wife, Camilla of Cornwall, 75.
In addition to Carlos, the queen has three children.
Ana, 72, is also there with her mother.
The little one, Eduardo, 58, has quickly arrived at the castle with his wife, Sofia, 57. And who is also in the Scottish Highlands is the queen's third son, Andrew, Duke of York, 62 Since 2019, the prince has been away from public life because of his relations with the late American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
He no longer publicly represents his mother or the royal house in public activities.
After the accusations of sexual abuse by Virginia Giuffre, victim of the pedophile Epstein, last February he reached an out-of-court settlement to settle the lawsuit that Giuffre had filed against him.
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The queen's four children are already with her at Balmoral
In addition to the queen's four children, some of her grandchildren have come to Balmoral.
William of England, 40, second in line to the British throne, is already at the castle.
He has arrived around five in the afternoon (Spanish peninsular time) on a plane that has landed in Aberdeen, along with his uncles Andrés and Eduardo.
His wife, Kate Middleton, also 40, has stayed in Windsor, where they have just moved and where from now on they will live in one of the houses attached to the castle, called Adelaide Cottage.
The day before, on Wednesday afternoon, the heir's heir and his wife allowed themselves to be photographed at the gates of their children's new school, an exclusive private center called Lambrook, for the presentation of the course, a first contact with the tutors and the director.
Coincidence has also meant that Enrique, the youngest son of Charles of England and the late Diana of Wales, is in Europe these days.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, - who has lived in California with his family for two and a half years - landed last weekend in London with his wife, Meghan Markle, 41. The dukes spent a couple of days at his home, Frogmore Cottage, which is just 120 meters from William and Kate's Adelaide Cottage.
After the departure of Enrique and Meghan from the British royal family and their accusations of racism against the Windsors, the two couples do not maintain any kind of relationship.
On Monday 5, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex went by train to Manchester, where Markle gave a talk on leadership to 2,000 young people, and returned to the capital shortly after.
On Wednesday they went to Dusseldorf, Germany, for the presentation of the next Invictus Games in 2023, a sports competition for veterans and war wounded created by Henry of England.
He has flown to Scotland, and according to the BBC and a spokesman for the couple, his wife is also with him;
however, the Reuters agency assures that Markle will not attend.
Precisely the British tabloids, which have Enrique and his wife in their sights, speculated on the possibility that the couple would go to the castle this weekend to visit the queen, who awaits them every year, although they do not usually go .
Balmoral is the refuge of Elizabeth II in summer.
From July to October the sovereign spends her days there.
The castle - and the 20,000-hectare estate that surrounds it, with red deer, grouse and squirrels - has been owned by the British royal family since it was bought by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, in 1852. Elizabeth II has spent her summers since she was a child, first with her parents and her sister Margarita and later with Felipe de Edinburgh and their children.
She likes to receive her relatives there, go for a walk, hunt and have picnics.
It was precisely there that the queen learned of the death of Diana of Wales 25 years ago, on August 31, 1997.