The Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are spending Christmas together at Windsor Castle with a small family of employees in what has been dubbed the HMS Bubble. They are having a peaceful Christmas together, without the rest of royalty. Sky News’ real correspondent Alastair Bruce said Monarch has been trying to “do its part” despite the distance measures applied.
Mr. Bruce said, “Everyone had that awful feeling of distance.
“This inability to hug, this inability to speak to people without covering their faces without end.
“I think that a nation that has always been a little reticent about human contact has found it difficult to deal with this forced distance that is so unnatural in this modern world.
“For the Queen too, the fact that she had to see other members of her family from a distance or through a window or through a long corridor.
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“All of these things are not natural.
“But in a way, the Queen, who has been summed up as a very old citizen, is what so many other people are dealing with.
“Of course, she had the support of a family around her, but at the same time she is trying to do her part.”
It turns out that Radio Caroline will broadcast the Queen’s Christmas message for the first time, 56 years after her request was rejected for being an unauthorized broadcaster.
He was told to come back “if and when” he could provide “evidence of credentials as a representative of an authorized broadcaster,” he said.
The broadcaster asked for permission again this year, after becoming an authorized broadcaster in 2017, and this time approval was granted.
Station manager Peter Moore said: “Fifty-six years is a long wait, but we are delighted that we are now able to convey the Queen’s Christmas message.
“This will be heard on 648 AM in the Southeast, on DAB in various towns and cities, and globally over the Internet, where we have changed the message in time for the East and West Coast of the United States.”