The Queen will not be required to wear a face mask at Balmoral despite concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic. The monarch, 94, travelled to Scotland with the Duke of Edinburgh on Tuesday for her traditional summer break.
Before their arrival, courtiers spent weeks planning how the "new normal" would work at the castle. Due to the limited number of staff – dubbed HMS Bubble – that are in close contact with her and Philip, 99, no one has to wear a face mask.
Their so-called social bubble includes master of the household Vice-Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt, the Queen's private secretary Sir Edward Young and Paul Whybrew and William Henderson, her pages.
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