Queen Elizabeth covid news – Virtual engagement CANCELLED as Philip’s unusual nickname for her revealed

THE Queen cancelled her planned engagements yesterday as she continues to recover from Covid, still experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms” after being diagnosed on Sunday.

The Palace confirmed yesterday that she chose to cancel her virtual engagements as she isolates at Windsor Castle. However, the Queen will continue with “light duties” such as paperwork.

In other royal news, according to a royal biographer, the late Prince Philip had a rather bizarre, yet sweet, nickname he used for his wife.

Apparently, Philip used to call the Queen, ‘cabbage’, which some have speculated came from the French phrase “mon petit chou,” a French way of saying “my darling.

Robert Lacey, a royal biographer, appeared to confirm the nickname in an interview with The Sunday Times, saying: “Yes, I’ve heard that is how he will sometimes refer to her.”

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