Queen Elizabeth

In this handout photo provided by Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II speaks to staff at the Royal London Hospital via video call on April 6, 2022.

Speaking with former Covid patient Asef Hussain, the Queen said of the virus: "I'm glad that you're getting better...It does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn't it? Marvellous, isn't it?" It's not a nice result."

Queen Elizabeth commented on coronavirus after testing positive for the illness earlier this year while talking with London hospital staff.

The Queen Elizabeth Unit was built on the 14th and 15th floors of the hospital in just five weeks. By the end of February, the Queen was feeling well enough for an outdoor family visit from some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. "It's amazing, isn't it, what can be done, when needs be," the Queen told healthcare workers during the video call. Hussain said of the meeting, "It was an honor and a privilege. She was able to appear in-person at a Service of Thanksgiving honoring her husband Prince Philip nearly, one year after his death at age 99. During the video call from Windsor Castle, she spoke with Asef Hussain, who became severely ill after contracting the COVID-19 virus and was a patient in the unit.

The monarch will be replaced by son Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla at a royal engagement later this week.

With 155 beds, it is one of the biggest critical care spaces in the United Kingdom. "It's been very nice to join you, and also to hear about what happened, and how well it has been achieved. The monarch has been expressing her support for National Health Service workers, and in the past several days spent time speaking with hospital staff who have cared for the community amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left "one very tired and exhausted" as she talked to health workers and a former patien...

“It does leave one very tired and exhausted doesn’t it, this horrible pandemic?” she said to him. The queen also spoke to Asef Hussain, who had been seriously ill with COVID-19 and who lost family members to the virus. LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left “one very tired and exhausted” as she talked to health workers and a former patient about her own experience of “this horrible pandemic”.

In an editorial blunder, Folha de S. Paulo — Brazil's biggest newspaper — mistakenly published the obituary of Queen Elizabeth II today.

Today’s gaffe instantly sparked a wave of memes on Brazilian social media. News outlets customarily prepare obituaries in advance for prominent figures, but accidentally hitting “publish” ahead of time is among the biggest fears of online editors around the world. In an editorial blunder, Folha de S. Paulo — Brazil’s biggest newspaper — mistakenly published the obituary of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II in its online edition.

Folha de São Paulo blames 'technical error' for website's premature obituary for British monarch.

Bolsonaristas seized on the slip-up as further proof that the newspaper – a frequent critic of Brazil’s radical leader – was a wellspring of leftist disinformation. “God save the Folha,” tweeted one reader. “It is normal practice in journalism to prepare stories about possible and/or probable situations, such as the death of world leaders, celebrities and public figures.

The queen, who is patron of the Royal London Hospital, spoke on a video call to National Health Service workers at the hospital who had helped to build and run ...

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