The Queen could be forced to scale down her duties after a series of health scares, reports suggest.
The 95-year-old was said to be deeply disappointed after missing a Remembrance service at the Cenotaph on Sunday, which she had been desperate to attend after resting for weeks.
Buckingham Palace said the monarch had a ‘back strain’, which is unlikely to have been helped by driving to London and a period of standing at the service.
But having had a recent hospital visit and missing the Cop26 climate summit on doctor’s advice, she is remaining at Windsor Castle to rest and perform ‘light duties’.
Now there are suggestions that she is will have to reduce her workload, with insiders even suggesting she may not take part in large-scale events again.
One source told the Daily Mail: ‘I firmly believe the public won’t see her out and about as much.
‘That said, she will still be visible, carrying out less taxing engagements within palace walls.
Queen Elizabeth II, is seen being driven around the Sandringham Estate as she spends some time at Sandringham, Norfolk, on November 9, 2021.
‘The whole video and virtual engagement development as a result of Covid has given palace aides options they didn’t have before. But there will definitely be a change in pace.’
Another insider went further, telling the paper that they did not believe the Queen would undertake events such as large scale investitures again.
It is understood the Queen has not received hospital treatment for her back injury and that the problem is unrelated to recent medical advice for her to rest.
She was told to do so royal doctors just over three weeks ago and spent a night in hospital on October 20 undergoing preliminary tests.
It is the first time in 22 years that the head of state has missed the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
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If the format had been the same as previous years, she would have been on public view for about 20 minutes.
But Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a Downing Street press conference later on Sunday that the Queen was ‘very well’.
He said: ‘I know that everybody will be wanting to offer their best wishes to Her Majesty the Queen and I just wanted to reassure everybody by saying that I did see the Queen for an audience last week on Wednesday in Windsor and she’s very well.
‘It shouldn’t need saying but I just wanted to say it anyway.’
The Court Circular – the daily list of official royal engagements – suggested that Mr Johnson did not actually have an audience with the Queen on Wednesday, but that it took place on Friday.
He was in Glasgow on Wednesday speaking at the Cop26 climate change summit.
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Despite Sunday’s service being of particular importance to the Queen – and aides announcing earlier in the week that she would attend – the monarch was forced to watch it on television, with other members of the Royal Family in attendance.
The monarch, who lived through the Second World War as a teenager, is the head of the armed forces and attaches great importance to the poignant service.
She started the Second World War as a schoolgirl but ended it in uniform as a junior commander with the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
She has missed several other key events, including the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening and the palace announced during the week that the Queen will also miss the General Synod.
It is believed to be the first time the Queen has missed her five-yearly visit to the General Synod in its 51-year history.
She was well enough to travel by helicopter to Sandringham on November 4 for a long-planned weekend away, where she was seen being driven around the estate.
SOURCE : metro
