We very much regret that we have decided we cannot have any kind of commemoration event in Waltham Abbey for King Harold II this year.
We had hoped at least to be able to have a simple flower placing on the King Harold Memorial tomorrow, 14th October, in conjunction with Waltham Abbey Historical Society.
After very careful consideration we believe it is not possible. We are a very small group and would not be able to ensure social distancing in the Churchyard around the Memorial. We do not have resources for barriers or ground markings, or marshals, and have no idea how many people might turn up.
We hope next year our lives will have returned to something more like normality and we will again be able to mark the anniversary of the death of the last crowned Anglo Saxon King.
This, of course, does not stop any individual person from putting flowers on the Memorial provided Covid 19 restrictions are observed.