A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed that Elizabeth’s flight aborted its landing due to lightning and emphasized there were no safety risks, it said. The Sun† The Queen’s flight departed around lunchtime from Aberdeen Airport, where the Queen had spent the previous days at Balmoral Castle, the summer residence of the British Royal Family.
The one and a half hour flight is supposed to land at RAF Northolt in North West London. However, lightning, heavy rain and hail forced the pilot to take to the skies again during the landing. The aircraft circled north London for about 15 minutes until it was deemed safe enough to make a second attempt at landing. After Elizabeth’s flight landed safely, she was taken by car to Windsor Castle. The festive activities for the platinum jubilee of the queen, who has been on the throne this year for 70 years, will start on Thursday.