Coronavirus: Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Princess Beatrice scales back wedding plans
- Planned reception at Buckingham Palace will no longer be held
- Queen earlier announced she had cancelled her annual garden parties and would head to Windsor Castle because of outbreak
Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Princess Beatrice is scaling back her wedding plans and cancelling a planned reception due to be held at Buckingham Palace in May because of the coronavirus outbreak, the royal family said on Wednesday.
Beatrice is expected to marry Italian count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at London’s St James’s Palace on May 29, and the 93-year-old queen was then to give a private reception in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
However, the plans have now been changed after the government advised Britons to avoid social gatherings to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Buckingham Palace said the couple were aware of the need to avoid taking any unnecessary risks and had reviewed their plans in light of government advice.
“They are particularly conscious of government advice in relation to both the well-being of older family members and large gatherings of people,” the palace said in a statement.