Why the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh didn't attend Prince Louis' christening today
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- Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 5:12PM
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were notably absent from Prince Louis’ christening service today.
Despite the fact that Queen Elizabeth was present at both George and Charlotte’s services, she missed Louis’ due to logistical issues.
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According to the Palace, this was decided ‘some time ago’.
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The official word from the palace was that the Queen wasn’t absent due to health issues.
When speaking to People Magazine, a palace source said that the arrangement had been agreed on quite a while ago, and both parties were happy with it.
After retiring from public life last September, Prince Philip has appeared at only a handful of occasions. In April the 97-year-old underwent planned hip surgery, but attended the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just a few weeks later, walking unaided.
Due to advancing age, the Queen has begun to scale back her duties as well.
It was just last month that she missed a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral due to a health issue.
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