Queen Elizabethsnuck some family time into her latest outing.
The 92-year-old monarch took her second son,Prince Andrew, with her to work on Thursday as she brightened up London on her last outing before her Christmas break. With her husbandPrince Philip, 97, retired from public duties, Andrew and her three other children sometimes accompany the Queen on public engagements.
Magnificent in magenta, the Queen visited lawyers and students and opened a new $25 million teaching facility.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew.Chris Jackson/Getty
Queen Elizabeth view portrait of her late sister, Princess Margaret.TOBY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty
The Queen was there to open the new Ashworth Centre, built underneath the historic institution.
“It’s amazing,” she told the Treasurer, the Right Honourable Lord Justice Patten, who was guiding her around.
In the Great Hall, the Queen and her 58-year-old son met members of the Inn and its staff before she unveiled her second plaque of the day, smiling as she noted that her great-great grandmother’s name was printed alongside hers on it.
She also signed “The Golden Book,” whose first royal signatures were King Charles II and the future King James II when they visited in 1672, as well as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Queen Elizabeth.Chris Jackson/Getty
A little girl was there to help warm the spirits, after waiting an hour to hand the Queen a bouquet of flowers. Evie Hayden, 4, from Kent, was picked from the crowd to meet the monarch.
“I wassocold,” she told reporters afterwards.
“We almost didn’t make it as there were missed trains and a bit of a fall – there’s mud on her tights – but what an incredible experience,” her mother said.
Queen Elizabeth and Evie.Chris Jackson/Getty
Each year, members of the royal family joinQueen Elizabethat Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, for Christmas. Guests usually arrive in the early afternoon on Christmas Eve. (The family opens their presents on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day.) After their church outing on the big day, the royal family heads back to Sandringham House for a lunch of Norfolk turkey and other festivities.
source: people.com
