The Queen isabel II He will not attend a religious ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Monday, in what was to be his first public act after months of absence due to health problems, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday.
“The Queen asked the Prince of Wales to represent Her Majesty in the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey on Monday”, Buckingham Palace said in a statement in which no further details were given about his absence.
The 96-year-old sovereign had planned to attend this act on the occasion of British Commonwealth Day, which is expected to be attended by 1,500 people.
that ceremony It should be the first public act in months of Elizabeth II after suffering from various health problems, including a covid-19 infection.
Now the rumors about his state of health return, after he canceled a diplomatic reception on March 2, which was to be his first important act since October.
After spending a month in the hospital in October to undergo “preliminary exams” about which no details were ever given, the British sovereign performs “light tasks” from her Windsor castle, on the advice of doctors.
The queen “will hold other previously committed events, including the in-person ones she has next week,” Buckingham added.
Elizabeth II has scheduled on March 29 the ceremony in memory of prince philipher husband, who passed away in April 2021.
mild covid
Despite his iron health, after hospitalization in October the queen canceled several important trips, such as the trip to the Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, in November. Buckingham Palace then explained that he had back problems, to justify another cancellation a few days later.
The queen, who celebrated 70 years on the throne on February 6 (a record for a British monarch), appeared in recent months in ever walking with a caneand during a meeting with two senior military officials in Windsor in mid-February, he acknowledged that he has trouble “moving”, while pointing to his left leg.
On February 20, Buckingham announced that the queen had covid-19, but that her symptoms were “mild”.
Her son, Prince Charles, stated in early March that Elizabeth II “was doing much better.”
Head of State of 15 of the 54 countries on five continents that make up the “Commonwealth”, the monarch greatly appreciates the British Commonwealth. Monday’s ceremony (for which special music has been composed for the 70 years of reign), was to be broadcast live on television.
In June, four days of festivities are planned to celebrate the queen’s platinum jubilee (70 years on the throne)with a military parade in London, lunches in the public gardens, a historical reconstruction of his 70-year reign and a concert at Buckingham Palace.
Since the pandemic began, the monarch has lived in retirement at Windsor Castle, some 40 km west of London, where she has celebrated the vast majority of her official commitments, either online or in person, such as when she received the first Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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