Her Majesty and Prince Philip were able to spend several months closer than they would have otherwise had during the three national lockdowns enforced to curb the spread of COVID-19 between 2020 and 2021, according to royal author Robert Hardman. Indeed, prior to the pandemic, the Duke of Edinburgh had made Wood Farm in Sandringham his main residence, while the Queen was based during the week at Buckingham Palace. But, days before Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown, the two elderly royals relocated together at Windsor Castle, where they spent most of the following months in each other's company. Mr Hardman, author of Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II, also ...