The 94-year-old king on Tuesday hosted a ceremony within the confines of Windsor Castle for Earl Peel, who recently left his post as Lord Chamberlain.
The Lord Chamberlain office orchestrates the Queen’s program of ceremonial events, including everything from garden parties and state visits to royal weddings and the opening of parliament.
The engagement was recorded in the Court Circular – a list of daily engagements and events held by the royal family.
‘The Earl Peel today had an audience of The Queen, delivered his Wand and Insignia of Office as Lord Chamberlain and the Badge of Chancellor of the Royal Victorian Order and bid farewell after relinquishing his appointment as Lord Chamberlain, when Her Majesty invested in him with the Royal Victorian Chain, ”it reads.
The monarch held a call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier on Saturday morning.
The Circular Circular also revealed that Princess Anne joined a video call on Tuesday for the spring conference of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, of which she is patron. Anne is the queen and Prince Philip’s only daughter.
The royal family has been taking a two-week mourning period since Friday, when it was announced that the Duke of Edinburgh had passed away peacefully at the age of 99.
Arrangements have been made to remove the elements that would violate the current pandemic measures. The current Covid-19 rules in England limit the number of people who can attend funerals to 30.