CORONAVIRUS has wreaked havoc around the world, including on royal engagements – a number of which have been forced to be cancelled.
The three events cancelled as Covid wreaks havoc
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has decided to cancel her annual New Year’s galas as a result of COVID-19.
The Danish monarch confirmed the grand dinner party for Government officials won’t go ahead this year.
A subsequent dinner intended for the Officers corps, the Diplomatic Corps, the Armed Forces and the Danish Emergency Management Agency, which should have taken ahead on January 4 and 5, 2021, has also been scrapped.
During Queen Margrethe’s reign, the traditional New Year’s celebration has only been cancelled once before.
Royal heartbreak: The three events cancelled as covid wreaks havoc (Image: Getty)
Royal heartbreak: Queen Margrethe has had to cancel her New Year’s eve party (Image: Getty)
Queen Margrethe will give her traditional New Year’s speech on December 31, 2020, at 6pm.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time the Queen has had to cancel royal engagements because of the pandemic.
The monarch’s large scale 80th birthday party back in April also wasn’t allowed to go ahead.
Royal heartbreak: The Queen has had to cancel all her engagements until 2021 (Image: Getty)
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen has cancelled all large-scale, key events at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle for the rest of this year.
In a statement shared on the Royal Family’s official website, Palace officials confirmed events like investitures will be suspended for the remainder of the year.
The statement read: “In line with current Government guidelines, and as a sensible precaution in the current circumstances, there will be no large scale events held at Buckingham Palace of Windsor Castle for the rest of the year.
“A variety of possibilities were examined to see if it was possible for Investitures to safely take place in line with the guidance.”
Royal heartbreak: Spain has had to cancel its Remembrance Day parade (Image: Getty)
The message continued: “It was not possible to find a way of safely delivering these events in the current circumstances.
“The Queen’s intention remains to return to Windsor Castle in October and to resume the use of Buckingham Palace during an autumn programme of audiences and engagements, in line with all relevant guidance and advice.”
Investitures at Buckingham Palace have not been held since the national lockdown was announced in March.
The Queen did, however, hold a special socially-distanced open-air ceremony to grant Captain Sir Tom Moore with a knighthood for his heroic fundraising efforts for the NHS.
The Spanish Royal Family
Remembrance Sunday services have become the latest event to be cancelled by coronavirus in Spain.
Due to take place on November 8, the service commemorates all the lives lost during both World Wars but has since been called off.
Organised by the Royal Air Force Association Costa del Sol, the event usually begins with a parade and ceremonial wreath-laying before a service at St George’s Church, Malaga, and sees Spanish royals in attendance.
RAF acting chairman John Griggs said: “It is not possible or feasible because of the number of restrictions and social distancing dictate to celebrate our usual service and to have our subsequent gathering at the War Graves.”
Source: EXPRESS CO UK
