THE Queen will leave it to the last minute before deciding if she is well enough to attend the Duke of Edinburgh’s thanksgiving service next Tuesday.
Palace aides are working on plans which may include a helicopter, privacy screens and a wheelchair to get the 95-year-old into Westminster Abbey.
Her Majesty missed the Commonwealth Day ceremony last week due to concerns about her “comfort”.
The Queen was pictured using a walking stick at Windsor Castle, Berks, on Wednesday while viewing enamelware by Halcyon Days.
Prince Philip’s funeral was scaled down last April due to Covid rules.
The service will see royals from across Europe jetting in for the ceremony and 500 guests from his charities and patronages.
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Disgraced Prince Andrew is set to attend the service in his first public bash since Philip’s funeral.
But Harry has refused to leave California, blaming his absence on a High Court security row over the removal of his armed bodyguards.
The Queen yesterday held two video audiences from Windsor Castle with ambassadors from Egypt and Morocco.
