The Queen is set to withdraw from public duties for months in the longest enforced absence ever during her reign.
The British Monarch will remain at Windsor Castle with the Duke of Edinburgh for an indefinite period, with palace officials confirming her safety will not be risked during the crisis.
Her Majesty normally returns to Buckingham Palace from Windsor in May, where she spends most of her time until her July summer break at Balmoral.
Her enforced absence is expected to be the longest period of time that she has been kept away from official duties in her 68-year reign.
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The Trooping of the Colour, the Order of the Garter Service, and her garden parties have already been cancelled as a result of the outbreak.
The crisis also threatens plans for a state visit from South Africa as the virus continues to wreak havoc on royal schedules.
The Queen has made two TV addresses to the nation while in isolation, with last month’s broadcast attracting around 24 million viewers.
A royal source told the Times : “The Queen won’t do anything which goes against the advice of people in her [age] category and she’s going to take all the appropriate advice.
“There are discussions about what we could and couldn’t do come October.
“We haven’t cancelled a load of engagements, but nothing is going into Her Majesty’s diary at the moment.
“If there is advice in the coming months that it’s fine for her to come back to London, she may do that, but until that time, she’d want to be seen to be being responsible in her actions for the nation.”
Her last public appearance was at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9, and she has been self-isolating with Prince Philip at Windsor since March 19.
“I don’t think we’ll see her again for a while,” added a Palace insider. "Nobody will risk it, particularly with the threat of a second spike later in the year.”
