Queen Elizabeth visits Wales wearing pink and walking with a cane as Lilibet christening looms

Queen Elizabeth was seen out and about for the second time walking with a cane but still hasn’t met her great granddaughter yet.

Queen Elizabeth II beamed as she arrived in Cardiff, Wales wearing pink to officially open the Welsh Senedd on Thursday morning, local time.

Her Majesty, 95, was joined by Prince Charles, 72, and Camilla, 74, on her first visit to Wales in five years.

The monarch wore a double breasted cashmere blush pink coat and carried a walking stick as she calmly chatted to officials who greeted her.

Queen Elizabeth II attends the opening ceremony of the sixth session of the Senedd in Cardiff, Wales. Picture: Getty Images

It is the second time the Queen has used a walking stick at a major public event. The first was 12 October as she attended a church service at London’s Westminster Abbey.

On Tuesday, the record-breaking monarch stepped out of the car in which she was travelling with daughter Princess Anne holding a black stick - a rare sight.

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are greeted by Elin Jones, Llywydd of the Senedd. Picture: Getty Images

The last time she was photographed using a stick was after undergoing a knee operation in 2004. Her Majesty’s office did not give any reason why she was using the walking aid on Tuesday or Thursday.

The Queen - Britain’s longest-serving monarch - has generally enjoyed good health in her old age, and a brief hospital stay with a stomach bug in 2013 was her last known bout of illness.

KARL’S CRUDE JIBE

Karl Stefanovic suggested the 95-year-old monarch might use her new walking stick as a weapon to “beat up” his colleague – before jumping on him “because she’s single now”.

Her Majesty was pictured with the cane while attending the service to honour the Royal British Legion on Tuesday.

Insiders say the walking aid was purely “for comfort” and not for any specific medical reason.

Newsreader Alex Cullen described how the Queen was using it at the Westminster Abbey ceremony while reporting the headlines.

In front of footage from the thanksgiving, he said: “She was using a cane. She’s 95.”

But Stefanovic butted in to quip: “She’d use it to beat you up.”

His co-presenter Allison Langdon chipped in: “She’d win too.”

Grinning, Cullen replied: “She would win. I’d let her win” before Stefanovic said: “Let her win – she’d smash you bro.”

Queen Elizabeth II attends the opening ceremony of the sixth session of the Senedd in Cardiff, Wales. It is her second public appearance with a cane. Picture: Getty Images

It comes as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s newborn daughter still hasn’t met the Queen and other members of the royal family – but that may soon change.

There has been much speculation over whether Lilibet Diana’s christening would be a royal affair – in the Church of England – or held in Meghan and Harry’s base in California.

Now, a rep for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has weighed in, saying “nothing has been finalised” about the location.

“Plans for the baby’s christening have not been finalised,” a representative for the couple said, according to E! News.

“And as such, any assumptions about what will or will not take place are mere speculation.”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their recent tour of New York – without Archie and Lilibet. Picture: Getty Images

Meghan and Harry’s firstborn Archie Harrison was christened in England at Windsor Chapel in 2019, by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, attended by Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Charles and other members of the royals.

Of course, that was held before the couple’s dramatic “Megxit” from the royal family in 2020 – or their bombshell tell-all with Oprah Winfrey.

It came as the royals are bracing themselves for another scandal involving Prince Harry — as he personally researches his mother Princess Diana’s life for a new book.

‘Nothing has been finalised.’ Meghan Markle’s rep has weighed into speculation over Lilibet’s christening. Picture: Taylor Hill/WireImage

Experts also fear he may use the memoir to name the “royal racist”, with Harry pocketing a £15 million ($A28 million) advance from publishers.

Royal family insiders believe Harry will be under extreme pressure to identify the family member he alleges made racist remarks about the colour of baby son Archie’s skin.

Speaking to Winfrey, Meghan revealed that a member of the royals had “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born”.

Though she did not reveal the person’s identity. “I think that would be very damaging to them,” the Duchess of Sussex told Winfrey.
Privately, the couple said it was not the Queen or the late Prince Philip who made the racist comment.