LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has had a trying year.

She will admit as much, it seems, in her annual, prerecorded message that will be broadcast on Christmas Day, when she will call 2019 “quite bumpy,” according to excerpts released on Tuesday by Buckingham Palace.

Though it was not clear exactly what the queen was referring to, a quick overview of 2019 explains why it might have felt rough at times.

In January, her husband, Prince Philip, apologized after he was involved in a car crash that left two women injured, setting off a public debate on older drivers. He agreed to relinquish his driver’s license.