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8th September 2022
04:50pm BST
The group were expected to travel by car to Balmoral Castle - a journey of around an hour.
During the BBC's coverage of the imminent arrival, around 3.50pm, two airport runway workers could be seen dancing.
https://twitter.com/PissedVillaFan/status/1567888315688312833 The moment captured people's attention on Twitter, but people were divided on whether the staff were "mocking" the Queen's ill health. One person suggested the workers would be "getting sacked in the morning" while another asked: "Mocking what? work day still need to pass, and if you enjoy doing it, no problems." A third person commented: "You don’t do this live on the telly.. Show respect to the Royal family.. those guys knew they were on the telly." Prince Charles, Camilla and Princess Anne are said to already be at Balmoral. Prince William, the Queen's eldest grandson, is on his way there, while his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, has remained in Windsor as her children are on their first full day at their new school, the BBC reported. Prince Harry is said to be travelling to the event alone, with his wife Meghan not coming. Minutes before the statement, the new Prime Minister Liz Truss was handed a note in the Commons informing her of the development as she was revealing her plans to cap energy bills for the next two years. Truss said: "The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime" adding "my thoughts – and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom – are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time". On Wednesday, the Queen was forced to postpone a Privy Council meeting at the last minute on doctors' advice. Following a busy day on Tuesday, during which she greeted both Boris Johnson and Truss at Balmoral, as well as undertaking other light duties, the 96-year-old was told to rest. The palace said that after "a full day" on Tuesday the monarch had accepted the medics' advice. The Queen had been due to hold the Privy Council virtually on Wednesday evening, during which Truss would have taken her oath as First Lord of the Treasury and her new cabinet ministers would have been sworn into their roles. In a statement a Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "After a full day yesterday, Her Majesty has this afternoon accepted doctors' advice to rest. "This means that the Privy Council meeting that had been due to take place this evening will be rearranged." Related stories:Explore more on these topics:
