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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Queen dodged lockdown hair by forming ‘HMS Bubble’ of selected staff

Huge electronic billboard in Piccadilly Circus featuring photograph of Queen making address.
The Queen’s hair looked impressively tidy when she addressed the nation during the first Covid lockdown in 2020. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The Queen avoided a dreaded case of lockdown hair during the early days of the pandemic after trusting her personal adviser and dresser with the royal tresses, it has emerged.

Many commented on the monarch’s elegant coiffure during her TV addresses from Windsor Castle, where she was shielding, protected in “HMS Bubble”, made up from selected staff.

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