Queen Elizabeth II hosted a one-of-a-kind reception on Saturday, February 5, at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk, north-west London, before celebrating her 70-year reign privately on Sunday, one of the queen’s few public appearances since her brief hospitalization late last year.
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“Her Majesty The Queen hosted a reception for members of the local community and volunteer groups at Sandringham House on the eve of her Accession Day, the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty’s reign,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
“On February 6, the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee,” he added.
The Queen was joined by members of the Sandringham @WomensInstitute, local pensioners, @WNBefriending and Little Discoverers, an early-years charity for children with disabilities.#DYK The Queen has been a member of the Sandringham WI since 1943 and their President since 2003? pic.twitter.com/aiCxePLr9D
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) February 5, 2022
The Queen was photographed smiling in a light blue gown with a pearl necklace and a cane in hand, cutting a cake prepared for the occasion by a local resident and bearing the Platinum Jubilee emblem.
Angela Wood, a former chef who helped create the “coronation chicken” or “Queen Elizabeth Chicken,” now a classic of British gastronomy, cold chicken coated in a creamy curry sauce that was served at Elizabeth II’s coronation banquet in 1953, was among the guests.
🍰💐The Queen cut a special cake, baked by a local resident, and was given a posy containing flowers featured in her 1953 Coronation bouquet. pic.twitter.com/yDARsgFSjz
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) February 5, 2022
The Queen’s health condition has been of concern since her doctors put her to rest in October and she spent a night in the hospital for preliminary examinations, the nature of which has never been disclosed. Her public activities have since been drastically reduced.
The British Queen Elizabeth II will mark the historic milestone of 70 years of reign, an unrivalled period for a British monarch, at Sandringham, where she has traditionally spent this anniversary day.
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Reports had shown that there will be no official ceremony on February 6, the date of her accession to the throne at the age of 25 in 1952, as well as the death from lung cancer of her father, King George VI, to whom she was very attached.
Popular celebrations, on the other hand, are planned for a long four-day bank holiday weekend in early June.
