Maskless Queen Elizabeth II attends first public engagement in months
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C) and Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (R) arrive with Dstl Chief Executive Gary Aitkenhead (L) at the Energetics Analysis Centre as they visit the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down science park near Salisbury, southern England, on October 15, 2020. (Photo: Ben STANSALL / POOL / AFP)
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October 15, 2020

Maskless Queen Elizabeth II attends first public engagement in months

The 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth II attended her first royal engagement in months today but did so without a mask.

The queen’s

maskless public appearance, alongside her grandson Prince William, raised several

eyebrows as Great Britain contends with another outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The prince

was also not wearing a mask as the pair visited the Defence Science and Technology

Laboratory at Porton Down in Southwest London, although the group maintained

social distance.

The

decision to appear without a mask was done after the monarch consulted with her

medics and scientists at the research facility which is aiding the UK’s virus

response, said Buckingham Palace.

Queen

Elizabeth II’s son and heir to the throne, Prince Charles, and Britain’s Prime

Minister, Boris Johnson, both tested positive for the virus in recent months.

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