Queen, 95, carries out first official duties since Covid scare as she holds video-link chat from Windsor Castle
THE Queen brushed off her Covid scare by Zooming back to work yesterday — hosting two official engagements via video link.
Hard-working Her Majesty looked fit as a fiddle as she held virtual audiences with ambassadors from Estonia and Spain.
It suggests she does not have the bug despite having tea with positive-tested Prince Charles last week.
Buckingham Palace had insisted Her Maj did not have any symptoms but would not comment on whether she had tested positive — leading to fears for her health.
Yesterday, the triple-jabbed Queen put those concerns to rest by beaming through a screen from her Oak Room lounge at Windsor Castle direct to Buckingham Palace.
Wearing a floral dress, she was pictured greeting Estonian ambassador Viljar Lubi.
A delighted Mr Lubi said afterwards: “Today, I had the honour and privilege to present my credentials to Queen Elizabeth II.
“I delivered our sincerest appreciation for the friendship and close partnership our countries experience. A close, trustworthy relationship I will do my very best to nurture even more.”
Later, the Queen, 95, appeared in good spirits as she met Spanish ambassador Jose Pascual Marco Martinez and his wife Géraldine Dufort.
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The meetings were Her Majesty’s first video link jobs since December 14 — and the first time she has been photographed since reaching her historic Platinum Jubilee milestone on February 6.
She returned to Windsor from Sandringham last week for a string of upcoming events, including a celebration of Prince Philip’s life.
It is set to be held at Westminster Abbey on March 29 and will see large numbers of the Royal Family attending alongside the duke’s friends, colleagues and representatives of organisations he supported.
As well as the service for Philip, who died last April aged 99, the Queen will also attend a diplomatic reception at Windsor Castle on March 2 and the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on March 14.
The events form part of her full diary of duties and public outings following a four-month break after a separate health scare last year.
She was closely “monitored and tested” by royal doctors over the weekend after Charles, 73, tested positive.
Wife Camilla, 74, also came down with the bug a week after the Queen endorsed her as Queen Consort once Charles becomes King.
Her Majesty has taken daily lateral flow tests over the past seven days, in keeping with current guidelines.
