The Queen is keen to increase her workload and the number of engagements she conduct as the UK begins to ease restrictions on public and social activity.
For the past 14 months, the monarch has been forced to dramatically cut down on the number of engagements she conducts due to the global health emergency and the ongoing lockdowns.
Although Her Majesty has adapted well to the changes with a significant number of engagements being conducted over video-link, it is understood that the monarch is eager to go out and meet people in-person once again.
With both being quarantined at Windsor Castle, and engaging in a period of mourning for her late husband, Prince Philip, The Queen’s diary has rarely been so light.
In a sign of things to come, the 95-year-old monarch visited Portsmouth last weekend to step onboard the Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth.
This was the monarch’s first solo public engagement since the death of Prince Philip, and there will be many more to come.
Over the coming weeks, we can expect a series of high profile engagements to be announced, including a meeting with President Biden of the United States and other world leaders ahead the G7 summit.
Her Majesty is also expected to return to Scotland shortly, conducting a week long itinerary of engagements there, alongside a few other high profile events.
A royal insider told the Daily Telegraph: “There is a strong desire from Her Majesty to get back out and about.”
There has long been chatter and speculation in royal circles that The Queen might wish to start taking things more slowly once she reaches 95, perhaps even making Prince Charles regent.
However, it seems nothing could be further from the truth, with The Queen set to have a busy second half of the year depending on government restrictions.
On her 21st birthday in 1947, The Queen said: “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”
Her speech to Parliament during the Diamond Jubilee further reaffirmed this message, saying: “I have been privileged to witness some of that history and, with the support of my family, rededicate myself to the service of our great country and its people now and in the years to come.”
