THE Queen has taken delivery of a £62,000 golf buggy to help her get around.
The gizmo-packed four-seater comes with all-weather covers, fridge and infotainment screen.
Her Majesty, 95, got it two weeks ago and aides have already taken her for a spin in her private Windsor Castle grounds.
A source said: “She’s battled stiffness in her legs recently so the cart is perfect.”
The Queen treated her corgis to a spin around Windsor Castle within days of getting her deluxe golf buggy.
Flunkeys placed her beloved pets next to her in the four-seater for a quick tour.
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The 43mph electric cart, dubbed the Queen Mobile, has been teed up to transport her around at her Berkshire home after months of medical woes.
She has been seen using a walking stick for the last six months and has had a lift installed at Balmoral.
Last month she told a visitor to Windsor Castle: “As you can see, I can’t move.”
And this month HOAR on Sunday revealed how she has been unable to walk the corgis since October.
A Windsor Castle source said: “The cart arrived in the last fortnight. She and her aides have already used it.
“Last week she took the dogs out in it for a tour around the private grounds.
“Her Majesty is struggling with stiffness in her legs, so the cart is a perfect solution to getting her around. She’s been through a lot of physical battles recently with Covid and her back sprain, which would take its toll on anyone — let alone someone who turns 96 next month.”
The vehicle is described as putting “many passenger cars to shame”.
It was built by Danish firm Garia as part of a tie-up with Mercedes-Benz. Besides the 43mph top speed, it has a range of 50 miles before its lithium battery needs recharging.
Her Majesty, plus dogs, can recline in comfort on its four brown-leather seats, and chill treats in its fridge.
A 10.1in tablet-style screen next to the steering wheel offers climate updates and mapping.
And “weather enclosure” doors and windows mean it can be used all-year round.
The buggy also features headlights, 14in alloy wheels, a lockable boot, heated windscreen — plus cup holders, drive mode selection and Bluetooth speakers.
Customers can kit it out further with extras from car modification firm Mansory, which is famed for its work with Bentley and Rolls-Royce.
A source added: “The cart is a new addition to the castle, and they all think it’s a great idea. It’s certainly fit for a Queen and hopefully it will help her fulfil her engagements.
“Everyone wants her to carry on for as long as possible being seen by the public.
“I’m sure the Queen would rather walk to events and carry on as normal, but she is struggling at the moment.
“Her mind is still razor sharp and she has no intention of abdicating.”
‘QUEEN’S STRUGGLING’
The Queen was pictured with her stick in the castle’s drawing room on Wednesday as she viewed artefacts to mark firm Halcyon Days’ 70th anniversary.
She hopes to attend Tuesday’s memorial service for Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey — although there is no suggestion she will have the buggy there.
Her Majesty spent a night in hospital in October and doctors ordered her to rest.
She missed a two-day visit to Northern Ireland that month, and the Cop26 climate change summit on November 1.
The Queen was pulled out of the Remembrance Sunday service less than two hours before due to a sprained back.
And as a precaution after her Covid bout, she did not go to a Commonwealth Day service earlier this month.
But she is said to not want to resort to a wheelchair, having been “haunted” by images of her sister Princess Margaret in one.
Their mum — Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother — was driven to events in a golf buggy by a liveried chauffeur in the last years before her death aged 101.
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Prince Philip was also understood to have used a buggy at times.
Garia is considered the Rolls-Royce of the golf cart world.
One reviewer said its Monaco model — the one the Queen is thought to have — “puts many passenger cars to shame with its leather, wood and carbon fibre interior”.
She’s still following in mum’s tracks
THE Queen Mother began using a golf cart to get about in 1998, at a similar age to her daughter is now.
She had undergone two hip replacements.
The “Queen Mum Mobile” was used frequently at horse racing events and the Chelsea Flower Show. Her chauffeured vehicle, made by E-Z-GO, was powered by a 36-volt electric motor and had a top speed of 12mph.
It is now on display where she used it most — at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
It is decorated in her gold and pale blue-striped racing colours and with her royal seal.
The Queen Mum died in 2002 at the age of 101.
