The Queen has been seen today just hours after the Duke of York settled his sexual assault lawsuit in her first in person event since her Covid scare.
The 95-year-old monarch met the incoming Defence Services Secretary Major General Eldon Millar, and his predecessor Rear Admiral James Macleod at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
It is the head of state’s first in-person appearance since her Covid scare six days ago, suggesting she may have escaped the virus despite coming into contact with the Prince of Wales, who tested positive two days later.
It has been a challenging week for the monarch, despite having just reached her Platinum Jubilee, and the royal family.
Her second son Andrew is facing a multi-million pound payout after settling his sex case out of court.
Meanwhile Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall caught Covid and now the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into a cash for honours scandal involving Charles’s charitable foundation.
Buckingham Palace has continued to refuse to confirm whether the Queen tested positive or negative and last week only said that she was not displaying any symptoms.
The monarch will have taken daily lateral flow tests over the past seven days, in keeping with current guidelines, and will have been closely monitored by her royal physicians.
The Queen, in a floral dress, today greeted Maj Gen Millar and his predecessor Rear Admiral Macleod on relinquishing his role.
There will be much for Maj Gen Millar to discuss with the Queen, in the wake of Andrew losing his military titles.
Andrew agreed an undisclosed out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre on Tuesday, after she sued him claiming she was trafficked by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew’s friend, to have sex with the royal when she was 17 and a minor under US law.
The duke, who is facing a reported £12 million payout, was stripped of his honorary military roles by his mother last month.
The Duke had previously defended his friendship with the paedo has having “seriously beneficial outcomes” away from the rape allegations.
Giuffre first sued Andrew last August.
It was the first time she had brought action against him after going public with the allegations in 2011.
