Queen Elizabeth II is set to receive the new UK Prime Minister at her Scottish Balmoral retreat instead of Buckingham Palace next Tuesday due to ongoing “mobility issues”.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Palace on Wednesday.
The 96-year-old monarch will also first receive outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the remote estate in northeast Scotland as he tenders his resignation.
It will be the first so-called “kissing of the hands” ceremony to take place away from central London since Winston Churchill met the queen at Heathrow Airport in 1952 after she came to the throne.
The 96-year-old monarch will also first receive outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the remote estate in northeast Scotland as he tenders his resignation.
The Queen is on her traditional summer break in the Scottish Highlands, which usually lasts until October.