In Pictures: Royals in 2020 – face masks, video calls and Sussexes step down
Members of the royal family carried out engagements throughout the pandemic, albeit without handshakes.
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The royal family has had a busy calendar of engagements this year, despite the pandemic disrupting many of their official duties.
For the Duke and Duchess of Sussex it was the year they stepped away from royal life, while the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge both recovered from Covid-19.
Royal duties took on a new tone after lockdown in March, with even the Queen donning a facemask for a visit to Westminster Abbey in November.
And the usual big family gathering in Norfolk for Christmas was cancelled, with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh enjoying the festive period “quietly” at Windsor Castle.
The Prince of Wales wearing ear defenders during a visit to the Whittle Laboratory in January, a power research lab at the University of Cambridge (Joe Giddens/PA)
The Prince of Wales greets members of the public as he leaves the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon during a tour of Warwickshire and the West Midlands in February (Jacob King/PA)
The Queen visited RAF Marham, Norfolk, in February ( Richard Pohle/The Times/PA)
The Duke of Cambridge playing wheelchair basketball in February during a visit to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall, Stanford on Soar, Loughborough (Richard Pohle/The Times/PA)
In March Princes George (right), and Louis (centre) and Princess Charlotte joined the national applause for the NHS (Duke and Duchess of Cambridge/PA)
The Prince of Wales uses a namaste gesture to greet Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood as he arrives at the annual Prince’s Trust Awards 2020 held at the London Palladium in March (Yui Mok/PA)
The Duke of Sussex seen chatting from his home in Santa Barbara, California, via video call with Black Lives Matter supporter Patrick Hutchinson (British GQ/PA)
The Queen during a video link call in July for a ‘virtual’ visit to the FCO, to watch the unveiling of a new portrait of herself by artist Miriam Escofet (Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Crown Copyright/PA)
In November the Queen wore a face mask during a ceremony to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey (Aaron Chown/PA)
Princess Charlotte and Prince George attend a special pantomime performance at London’s Palladium Theatre in December to thank key workers and their families for their efforts throughout the pandemic (Aaron Chown/PA)
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