The Queen

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In this week's episode of The Royal Rota, we discuss how the royals are coping with the coronavirus outbreak.

The Queen left Buckingham Palace on Thursday for Windsor, a week earlier than planned because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The monarch spends Christmas on the Norfolk estate.

Princess Elizabeth became monarch on the death of her father, George VI, on February 6 1952.

It comes after the couple said they would stand down from front line royal duties.

The Queen has highlighted in her Christmas message how often "small steps, not the giant leaps" bring about lasting change in the world.

The Queen attended the annual church service at Sandringham without her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, who left hospital yesterday.

The royal joined his father, grandfather and great-grandmother to make the sweet treat.

The Queen will acknowledge the difficult year the Royal Family has just been through in her traditional Christmas Day broadcast.

It's been another trying year for the Monarch with more scandals and talks of family splits.