Queen Elizabeth's Visit to Somerset Today Has a Special Tie to Her Granddaughter Princess Eugenie
As Queen Elizabeth prepares to turn 93 in April, she's started to pass along some of her duties to the younger members of the royal family. For example, in November, Prince Charles laid a wreath at London's Cenotaph on his mother's behalf during the national service of remembrance. And the Duchess of Sussex recently took on two patronages from the Queen: the National Theatre and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
But even with this gradual shift of responsibilities, the British monarch is showing no signs of slowing down. Today, for example, she will travel to Somerset, a county in south west England, for a day full of engagements.
While there, the Queen will visit Manor Farm Stables, where she'll see a parade of horses. The equestrian-themed events will continue at King's Bruton, a 500-year-old school, where the Queen will not only hear a performance by the choir, but she'll also get to name a new police horse.
As royal correspondent Victoria Murphy pointed out on Twitter, Elizabeth II will also visit the Somerset location of Hauser Wirth art gallery during her time in the region. The Queen's granddaughter Princess Eugenie is currently a direct at the gallery's London branch. At this point, it's unclear if Eugenie will join her grandmother during the visit, but we'll be sure to update if more information becomes available.
Like her sister Beatrice, Eugenie is not a working royal, meaning that she doesn't perform official duties or take on patronages in service of the royal family. Instead, she's established a career for herself in the art world.
But being a Princess with a day job isn't always easy. Princess Beatrice recently shared that it can be "hard to navigate."
"There is no precedent, there is no protocol,” she said in an interview with Vogue last summer. “We are the first: we are young women trying to build careers and have personal lives, and we’re also princesses and doing all of this in the public eye.”
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