Queen Elizabeth has started making plans to end her lockdown at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty is, reportedly, going to fly to Balmoral in Scotland with Prince Philip, where they plan to stay for three months.
According to The Sun, Queen Elizabeth will leave Windsor by Aug. 1 when the restrictions for the over-70 years old will be lifted by the government. Royal staff members have been checking and double checking the plans to ensure the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's safety.
It is understood that the royal staff will maintain similar protocols established at Windsor in the Queen's summer home in Balmoral. They currently have only 22 to 24 staff members working in shifts, who are asked to self-quarantine before and after they complete this shift.
The Queen arrived in Windsor from Buckingham Palace in London on March 19, as the country was preparing to close amid the coronavirus pandemic. Her Majesty and Prince Philip have since been staying at Windsor for 15 weeks.
In the past, Queen Elizabeth spent 12 weeks in Balmoral every summer. The travel plans come as Windsor will finally open to the public by August. It also helps that there haven't been COVID-19 deaths in Scotland for a while. The palace in Scotland has also been closed to tourists since the lockdown orders.
But the Balmoral grounds need to be cleaned up before the Queen arrives as reports revealed that hikers have been defecating and urinating in the bushes. Public toilets in the estate are still closed to prevent people from converging and catching the virus from each other. So, those who go for a hike using the pathways, which have remained open during this pandemic, have been relieving themselves without care in the Queen's large estate.
Managers of the property have posted an appeal on Twitter to ask people who need to relieve themselves that they must do it away from water courses, buildings, paths and farm animals. They have also been advised to bury their human wastes in shallow holes.
The staff also wrote that people have been leaving their non-biodegradable wipes on the ground, thus contributing to the environmental wastes. Some have also tried to break into the public toilets, where the conditions have been described as "unsanitary."
Since the start of summer, more and more people have been taking advantage of the fresh air outdoors, as the government have eased on the stay-at-home orders and allowed exercising in open air. Beaches, parks and countryside estates have become the popular destinations for the locals in the last couple of weeks.
