Some members of the royal family now return to do their royal duties in public, but still follow the strict social distancing rules. As they once canceled all their royal tours and engagements when the COVID-19 pandemic starts to grapple the United Kingdom, a royal historian predicts it may continue for a couple of years.
Marlene Koenig believed that the royals would not be going anywhere out of the country for the years to come. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes the world stops for a while, it looks like it will continue to affect the royal duties.
In an interview with Express, Koenig revealed that for the time being and for the next year, if not longer, the senior members of the royal family would not hold royal tours. However, she cleared that what she said was only a prediction as she was never the one who made the decisions.
There may be no overseas tours for a couple of years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite that, there may be far more things happening in the U.K. There may also be more online Zoom meetings, just like how they continue to do their royal duties while in quarantine, with other Commonwealth realms.
Koenig stressed that there would be no tours for some time in other countries. So, the same thing may happen in the U.K., although there are other royals in other nations that visit hospitals, while wearing their face masks.
According to Harper's Bazaar, when the lockdown begins in March, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, and Camille, Duchess of Cornwall, canceled all their upcoming royal engagements. At the time, Her Majesty was set to visit Northern England and its towns of Cheshire and Camden.
Upon the Medical Household and Government's advice, Queen Elizabeth's engagement was rescheduled. Other events went under review in line with the appropriate advice.
Prince Charles and Camilla, alternatively, were about to go to Bosnia, Herzegovina, Cyprus, and Jordan, but that, too, did not happen. Due to the worsening development of COVID-19 during that time, the British Government asked the two to postpone their spring tour.
Today, although most members of the royal family return to their public engagements, they are still following the Government's advice to adhere to the social distancing rules. Large gatherings are still avoided, and they can only meet the staff of the particular place they are visiting outside of its venue so that they can avoid the fast transmission of the disease.
