The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe,” is set to be released next month and dives into the pair’s friendship during quarantine.A press release from Kelly’s publishers Harper Collins explained that new chapters will discuss the “royal household’s isolation during lockdowns at Windsor Castle; Angela supporting the queen in new ways, such as cutting and setting her hair; the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral; the first public engagements post-lockdown; and a look ahead at the Jubilee celebrations in June.”The 64-year-old adviser, who has been a part of the queen’s inner circle as her trusted aide since 2002, helps with the 95-year-old‘s dressings, oversees her expensive jewelry collection and acts as a personal assistant to the monarch.The queen made the move from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle during the coronavirus pandemic alongside her late husband Prince Philip — who died in April 2021 at 99 — and a small group of close staff, including Kelly. This period was known as the “HMS Bubble.”A four-day bank holiday will take place across the United Kingdom this summer to celebrate the queen’s historic 70 years on the throne.‘It tells the story of the royal bubble as well as the lengths Angela and the royal household went to, to ensure the safety of our monarch.’Kelly was given permission by the British Crown to write and release a memoir about her life as part of the royal household.
The Queen emerges with walking stick amid reports she's using wheelchair
25.03.2022 - 08:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The Queen has made an official appearance using a walking stick amid reports that she has been using a wheelchair.
Her Majesty was pictured viewing a display of antique enamelled trinket boxes and hand-decorated teapots at Windsor Castle.
The newly released snaps of the smiling royal were taken on Wednesday, the Mirror reports.
HRH is set to attend a memorial service for her late husband, Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey next week.
Dressed for spring in a floral, long-sleeved dress the queen beamed as she examined the artefacts.
The luxury pieces are by British craftwork firm Halcyon Days, which has three Royal Warrants.
A demonstration of traditional enamelling and gilding by hand by master artisans - also took place.
The Queen was due to visit the Halcyon Days factory in Staffordshire in 2020 to mark its own Platinum Jubilee of 70 years, but plans were put on hold when the pandemic struck.
Much has changed since the outbreak of Covid-19, with the Queen, 95, now using a walking stick, confessing to mobility problems, and usually carrying out only light duties at Windsor.
Last week she missed the Commonwealth Day service due to comfort issues.
The extended audience on Wednesday was a rethinking of the original engagement, with the factory's work and skills being brought to the Queen instead - on a minor scale.
Dressed for spring in a silk floral day dress and wearing her favourite three-string pearl necklace, the Queen appeared in her element, smiling broadly as she was shown the presentation.
The intricately-decorated coffee cups and saucers and enamelled boxes were laid out on a white linen-covered table in the White Drawing Room.
The Queen was said to have particularly enjoyed the visit, picking up some of the tiny
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