Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will seek medical advice and rest for “at least” another two weeks, Buckingham Palace said on Friday, having recently spent a night in hospital to undergo “preliminary examinations”.
“Following her recent advice that the Queen should rest for a few days, Her Majesty’s doctors have advised that she should continue to rest for at least the next two weeks,” a palace statement said.
Doctors have advised that the 95-year-old, who is due to celebrate her platinum jubilee of 70 years on the throne next year, can continue with light, desk-based duties, the statement said.
She will conduct some virtual audiences, but will not make any official tours.
“It is the Queen’s firm intention to be present for the National Remembrance Service on Commemoration Sunday, November 14,” the statement said.
After seven decades of tireless service, a night in the hospital forced the Queen to seek medical advice to slow down.
She canceled her appearance at the United Nations climate conference, which begins in Scotland on Sunday, a rare move for the workaholic monarch and one given her personal commitment to environmental issues.
Buckingham Palace said she was “disappointed” to opt out, but the decision was taken following medical advice “to rest”.
A two-day visit to Northern Ireland was also postponed.
The Queen took a step back from work on October 20, a day after a reception at Windsor Castle, where she held talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US billionaire Bill Gates.
She spent the next night in hospital, for the first time since 2013, where Buckingham Palace said she underwent a “preliminary examination”.
Despite the loss of her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip in April, the monarch had appeared strong in public until recently.
Since returning from her traditional summer vacation in Balmoral, Scotland, she has been attending official events almost daily, similar to her pre-pandemic workload.
But she recently made headlines after she was seen walking with a cane, and The Sun tabloid reported that she had even stopped walking her corgis in recent days.
It is said that the queen had stopped riding her horses, a deep passion, though she plans to take it back once she has rested. He is also believed to have given up drinking.
Royal expert Penny Junor told AFP earlier this week that the monarch would hold “less personal appearances and more on video”.
“And where she shows up, I think it will be as an audience rather than at the reception where she has to work in a room and meet dozens of people”.
She will address COP26 via video, but it will be her son Prince Charles, who will be the heir to the crown, giving the inaugural address.
The 72-year-old prince, who lacks his mother’s popularity, is already representing her abroad as he skipped overseas duties.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed. Only the title has been changed.
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