joining us now from buckingham palace
nbc royal commentator daisy mcandrew
daisy good morning to you you're looking
so sweet and springy let's talk about
the queen because you know it's one
thing to to miss that thursday service
it's a long one she didn't come to
church yesterday that surprised a lot of
people how is her health is that a
worrisome sign
i think it's very interesting buckingham
palace and and the royal family are now
treating the queen's engagements in a
different way the the sources have been
saying this weekend that from now on we
shouldn't expect to see the queen and if
on the day of engagements that she might
want to go to she fills up to it only
then will we know that she's going so
this is a reverse and i think one of the
reasons they want to change the way they
discuss the engagements she's going to
take part in is because they don't want
the constant will she won't she the
constant wondering is she up to it and
what's going on with her health so from
now on we're told she will not be
expected at most big events unless she
feels up to it but you're absolutely
right and keir was right in his piece
her faith her religion is very very
important to her she we know that she
will have taken the decision not to go
to maundy thursday where she
traditionally
hands out some
little
gestures to people who who really
deserve it and then not to go to easter
sunday service that will have been a
decision not taken lightly but we're
told that she is increasingly frail you
can see it with your own eyes she's lost
considerable amount of weight she
doesn't want to be seen in a wheelchair
this is certainly one of the event one
of the factors for the decision so
anything that might involve a lot of
standing up a lot of walking is
certainly i think not going to be
something she's going to be able to do
in the future but as kier said she turns
96 this week of course so let's talk
about the surprise visit of harry and
megan to the queen i i always smile
about that because i'm sure that you
don't just drop in on the queen you who
she wasn't surprised i'm sure but the
rest of us were have you learned
anything more about that and
what that might mean for mending the
relationships there
i think certainly everybody who was
watching
those events unfurl who knew that that
there was this appointment will have
been hoping that this is a sign of
things to come and certainly maybe this
opens the door to a fully full
recrimination it's full end
recriminations are building of those
bridges so i think a lot of people will
now be hoping that harry and megan and
their two children will make it over
here for that long celebration of the
first weekend in june and maybe we'll
even see them on the buckingham palace
balcony behind me on that day i think
that would go down very very well indeed
and we saw will and kate kind of step up
and lead the royal family into easter
services they're senior royals now there
is of course prince charles and camilla
so how how do you interpret that
i think it was very interesting that
charles and camilla had stood in for the
queen on maundy thursday and then
william and kate stood in for the queen
on sunday but again going back to the
harry and meghan thing i think it was a
shame that we didn't see we didn't hear
that there was any meeting between the
two brothers we know that harry at the
queen's insistence we understand did
meet with his father prince charles for
15 minutes before he met at the queen in
her private apartment but in fact on
those day on that day william and kate
were abroad on a skiing holiday so
i hope that that is coincidence and not
a deliberate
decision by harry to avoid his brother
but we do think that relations are still
pretty poor between the two brothers but
yes we can see that william who is now
40 years old is carrying on increasingly
large and significant events in the
queen's footsteps daisy mckendree
outside buckingham palace thank you it's
good to see you
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