By Queen cancels diplomatic reception
The Queen has cancelled a diplomatic reception on advice from the Foreign Office, Buckingham Palace has said.
The event had been set to take place at Windsor Castle on Wednesday and would have been the 95-year-old monarch’s first engagement since testing positive for Covid.
When asked whether there were any health grounds for the cancellation, a palace source told the BBC that the decision had been taken following advice from the Foreign Office.
The reception is an annual event and is normally attended by ambassadors and high commissioners from every diplomatic mission in London.
The news that it will not go ahead comes two days after Russian forces began their invasion of Ukraine.
The Queen has had to cancel three virtual engagements since her positive Covid test was announced last Sunday.
A statement issued on Thursday said the Queen was continuing with “light duties”.
Her next scheduled public engagements are the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on 14 March, and a memorial service for the Duke of Edinburgh on 29 March.
