Queen channelling Trump?

The problem is that at 94 years old, she’s too old for the job, but this discussion arose on another thread only last week, and it was pointed out that she made a promise during the Coronation that she would serve the whole of her life. Really she should retire, it seems unfair on Charles to me that he is still waiting and he’s in his seventies.

However, re the mask wearing, or not, she should have shown humility and behaved as her subjects are expected to behave. It shouldn’t be thought that mask wearing is below the monarch, and whether it’s intended or not, I’m afraid that is how it looks.

Maybe she feels that the middle of a global pandemic is not the time for a change of monarch.,

It seems that the boat that she said we were all in together a few months ago has different rules for port and starboard.

I thought she looked like she'd lost weight. Time for her to retire and spend her remaining time with Philip and hand over to Charles, I think.

You can't question the fact that social distancing was observed. There's no comparison with the Trump event.

I thought she looked frail and a little confused.

I am very much a supporter of our hard working queen but have to agree that by not wearing a mask she sends out the wrong message.

Didn’t Trump attend a rally?

It's not the virus which moves. It's the people who do.
I didn't watch the Queen's outing but it sounds ill advised.
Surely she can retire now?

Quite Whitewave.

I think it was very ill advised despite the fact that everyone had been tested. The reason; I think it sends out entirely the wrong message to the general public. William and Catherine have been wearing masks on all their engagements prior to this, why doesn’t the Queen do likewise?

The trouble with relying on a test is that it is merely a snap shot for that particular moment. It says nothing about subsequent contacts unless the person has sat in a bubble.

Masks and social distancing is the only way to go.

GrannyGravy13

Apparently everyone attending had been tested for Covid before the event.

Yes, and so had Trump's entourage - every day. Yet only a couple of weeks ago, the whole world learned this was not sufficient assurance.

Apparently everyone attending had been tested for Covid before the event.

Yes, I thought it was very ill advised. Fair enough when they were outside, but then they moved indoors and, although socially distanced. surely they should have all been wearing masks?
It gives the impression that they feel they are too important to follow the rules like the rest of us.