Queen says 'if I stop I drop' - and she's refusing to be 'digital monarch', expert says
ok.co.ukThe Queen is refusing to become a 'digital monarch' and says 'if I stop I drop', palace sources say.The news comes as it was revealed Her Majesty will appear alongside Prince Andrew at a remembrance service for Prince Philip next month.The Duke of York is expected at the ceremony at Westminster Abbey just days after he is due to give his witness statement to US lawyers in his sex abuse case.
A source told The Sun: "The Queen is adamant that she does not want to become a 'digital monarch', who the public only see sitting in an armchair taking video calls. "She will continue to use her walking stick as a comfort when needed and listen to medical advice. "Prince Andrew is expected at the service of thanksgiving as he is a son of the Duke of Edinburgh." For all the latest on the Royal Family, sign up to OK!'s brand new Royals newsletter.
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said: "One of the Queen's Ladies-in-Waiting once told me that the Queen told her, 'If I stop then I drop'. "The Queen won't be happy to sit down in front of the TV for the rest of her days.
It is the way she has always lived her life." On Sunday, the Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to millions of people across the world.The monarch was ordered on "light duties" after undergoing "preliminary investigations" and spending a night in hospital at the end of last year, but yesterday travelled back to Windsor Castle from Sandringham.
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