Great precautions were taken in keeping Queen Elizabeth safe as she addressed the nation amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
The 93-year-old monarch made a rare televised speech that aired in the U.K. on Sunday, acknowledging the everyday difficulties that people are facing in trying to contain the respiratory illness and thanking frontline workers.
To practice safe social distancing and reduce any risk to the Queen, the broadcast was filmed in the White Drawing Room of Windsor Castle. The room was chosen because it is big enough to allow sufficient distance between the monarch and the camera operator, who was the only other person in the room with Queen Elizabeth. The cameraman also wore protective equipment, including a mask and gloves.
A skeleton crew was stationed in another room of the castle.
“While we have faced challenges before, this one is different,” the Queen said in her address. “This time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavor, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. We will succeed — and that success will belong to every one of us.”
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The Queen’s son, Prince Charles, is recovering at his home in the Scottish highlands after testing positive for coronavirus and experiencing mild symptoms. Despite his illness, he is back to work — and even carried out the first virtual royal opening ceremony for the Nightingale hospital on Friday.
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