This holiday season will be the first the Queen has spent without her husband in 65 years.
The sail began in October, and included a visit to Australia for the Prince to open the Olympics in Melbourne. Queen Elizabeth remained at home with the couple’s then-two young children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. The Queen and Prince would later have Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
Though they were separated for the holiday, the royal couple was able to speak on Christmas. Prince Philip called the Queen at Sandringham by radio from the ship. She acknowledged the conversation in her annual Christmas broadcast that day."Of all the voices we have heard this afternoon, none has given my children and myself greater joy than that of my husband," Queen Elizabeth
."To him I say: 'From all the members of the family gathered here today our very best good wishes go out to you and to every one on board"Of course it is sad for us to be separated on this day, and of course we look forward to the moment when we shall all again be together,” she added. “Yet my husband's absence at this time has made me even more aware than I was before of my own good fortune in being one of a united family.
Queen Elizabeth also cancelled her annual pre-Christmas luncheon for the extended family, which was supposed to have taken place on Dec. 21 at Windsor. “A royal source says it was a personal decision taken after ‘careful consideration’ and reflects an ongoing ‘precautionary approach,’”
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