After her long break from official duties in Sandringham, The Queen carries out her first official public engagement of 2020 on Monday.
The Monarch, visited Rapid Action Force, Marham in Norfolk in the capacity as its Honorary Air Commodore wearing a peach outfit by Angela Kelly with a matching hat and a diamond bow brooch. RAF Marham is the home of the F-35B Lightning – a fifth-generation, multi-role, stealth fighter. The station is also home to a range of engineering support functions, from maintenance to frontline support. Over 3600 service personnel, civil servants and contractors work at RAF Marham.
She was greeted first by the Station Commander Group Captain James Beck and a Guard of Honour, then she stopped at the Integrated Training Centre and met personnel from across the station, as well as students from the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The Queen also viewed training demonstrations of engine maintenance, weapons loading and a canopy change.
She was last seen on Sunday going to a church service at St Peter and St Paul church in West Newton, Norfolk on Sunday. As part of her ensemble, the Queen more a Canadian Snowflake brooch she got from David Johnston, former Governor-General of Canada in 2017. The jewel features 48 rare Canadian sapphires surrounded by diamonds, and was presented to the Queen to mark her 65th year on the throne.
