Queen is ‘embracing the idea of a wheelchair’ says royal expert Jennie Bond
ok.co.ukThe Queen has embraced her cane and is coming round to the idea of using a wheelchair, suggests royal expert Jennie Bond. It was previously reported that the 96-year-old monarch was too proud to be seen in a wheelchair.
But the former BBC royal correspondent says she expects to see Queen Elizabeth II take a leaf out of her mother’s book as she faces up to her mobility issues. “We have to be very careful not to say that The Queen doesn’t want to be seen in a wheelchair, because quite rightly people who are in wheelchairs will be very offended by that,” says Jennie.
For your latest royal news, sign up to OK!'s weekly Royals newsletter here “I think The Queen will come to embrace the idea of a wheelchair and that will be a huge help to her.
She’s embraced her cane now and I think she will take a leaf out of her mother’s book. “The Queen mother was rather reluctant to be seen to be frail in any way, but eventually they got a little mobility cart, like a golf buggy, and she resisted the idea until they painted it in her racing colours. “Once they had her racing colours on she really took to it.
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