Travelling in a state Land
Rover, the Queen appeared to be in high spirits as she travelled with her
lady-in-waiting. The duo twinned in blue with both ladies opting to wear
cornflower blue dresses. In a further display of camaraderie, Lady Susan echoed
the Queen in her choice of jewellery, choosing to wear pearl earrings and a
pearl necklace.
The Queen was moreover spotted
wearing orange-tinted sunglasses to shield her eyes from the sunshine. Lady
Susan, who was married to the late BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey, has been a
friend and loyal assistant of the Queen since she joined the court in 1960.
During the Covid pandemic, she
formed part of the HMS Bubble and attended to the Queen at Windsor alongside 20
other key staff members.
She is the fifth and youngest
daughter of the 12th Earl of Waldegrave and Mary Hermione, Countess Waldegrave.
She is also the godmother to the Duke of Cambridge and shares a close
bond with the Prince of Wales.
A constant presence in royal
life, Lady Susan has largely remained out of the spotlight but was famously
photographed in 2012 draping a pashmina over the Queen’s shoulders as they
sailed down the Thames in the pouring rain on the Royal Barge for the Jubilee
pageant.
Their recent sighting comes
amid Trooping the Colour which took place on Thursday in central London. For
the first time ever, the Queen took the salute from the comfort of the
Buckingham Palace balcony owing to ongoing mobility issues.
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Lady Susan accompanied the Queen to Buckingham Palace
Earlier this morning, more
than 1,500 officers and soldiers and 350 horses from the Household Division put
on a regal display on Horse Guards Parade, with the colour trooped by the 1st
Battalion, Irish Guards.
