The Queen’s foot perfect example on two metre rule – The Yorkshire Post says

THE Queen’s official visits are renowned for being planned with military precession – or, in the case of her tour of the Porton Down science laboratories, the two-metre rule.
By YP Comment
Published 16th Oct 2020, 11:33 BST
The Queen led by example on the two-metre rulemwhen she, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Portdon Down laboratories.The Queen led by example on the two-metre rulemwhen she, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Portdon Down laboratories.
The Queen led by example on the two-metre rulemwhen she, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Portdon Down laboratories.

Her Majesty’s first public engagement outside of a Royal residence since Covid-19 struck, how fitting that she chose to meet the scientists leading the response to the pandemic while also acknowledging their key role responding to the Novichok poisonings in nearby Salisbury. Joined by the Duke of Cambridge, the Queen has not lost her sense of humour. On signing the VIP guest book, she ventured: “Well it proves we’ve been here, doesn’t it?”

But it was the observance of the two-metre rule which was so noteworthy in the careful choreography after it was deemed safe for the Queen to leave Windsor Castle – or HMS Bubble as it is now known.

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For, as fears grow about the public’s adherence to strict social distancing, this was yet another foot perfect performance which also set a pointed example to all.

The Duke of Cambridge watches as Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque to officially open the new Energetics Analysis Centre at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire.The Duke of Cambridge watches as Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque to officially open the new Energetics Analysis Centre at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire.
The Duke of Cambridge watches as Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque to officially open the new Energetics Analysis Centre at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire.

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