Queen Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace announced major changes to the queen’s diary on March 17 “as a sensible precaution and for practical reasons in the current circumstances,” including the cancellation of five garden parties and the annual Maundy Service. Elizabeth also moved up the start date of her Easter vacation, leaving for Windsor Castle on March 19 instead of the 26th. Additionally, the palace said on March 27 that the 2020 Trooping the Colour parade honoring the monarch’s birthday “will not go ahead in its traditional form” in June.
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