Queen makes alternative entrance at State Opening of Parliament for first time in 63 years
18th May 2016
In the most public concession yet
of her age, The Queen took a lift to the Robing Room
in the Palace of Westminster for this morning’s State Opening
of Parliament, the first time in her 63 years of attending. The
90-year-old monarch, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh,
94, avoided the 26 steps of the Sovereign’s staircase, in
a move described by aides as a “modest adjustment” for…
