The Queen calls off trip at the last minute due to doctor’s orders
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Just a week ago, it was reported that for the very first time in nearly twenty years, the Queen was seen using a walking stick in public. Days after, the 95-year-old Monarch cancelled a planned trip to Northern Ireland due to ‘doctors orders’.
The royal family almost never cancel engagements at the last minute, so the news came as a surprise to royal watchers.
The two-day trip was due to begin on Wednesday. Photo by Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo.
"The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days," a spokesman from Buckingham Palace said.
"Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.”
“The Queen sends her warmest wishes to the people of Northern Ireland, and looks forward to visiting in the future," the Palace said.
The decision to take a break is understood to be unrelated to the coronavirus, and the advice to rest came from a series of busy schedules over the past few weeks.
The Queen will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this month. Photo by Sergeant Adrian Harlen/Crown Copyright.
"The Queen has suffered a lot this year, including the death of her beloved husband," one source told The Sun.
"She is becoming a little less resilient and needs a little more help — although she is doing well for somebody of her age.”
"Her courtiers have noticed the Queen becoming wearier and perhaps more fragile than she was — and who could be surprised?"
Another source told Vanity Fair that the Queen was advised to “give up her evening drink” which is usually a martini.
"It’s not really a big deal for her, she is not a big drinker but it seems a bit unfair that at this stage in her life she’s having to give up one of the very few pleasures,” the family friend said.
The royal family almost never cancel engagements at the last minute, so the news came as a surprise to royal watchers.
The two-day trip was due to begin on Wednesday. Photo by Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo.
"The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days," a spokesman from Buckingham Palace said.
"Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.”
“The Queen sends her warmest wishes to the people of Northern Ireland, and looks forward to visiting in the future," the Palace said.
The decision to take a break is understood to be unrelated to the coronavirus, and the advice to rest came from a series of busy schedules over the past few weeks.
The Queen will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this month. Photo by Sergeant Adrian Harlen/Crown Copyright.
"The Queen has suffered a lot this year, including the death of her beloved husband," one source told The Sun.
"She is becoming a little less resilient and needs a little more help — although she is doing well for somebody of her age.”
"Her courtiers have noticed the Queen becoming wearier and perhaps more fragile than she was — and who could be surprised?"
Another source told Vanity Fair that the Queen was advised to “give up her evening drink” which is usually a martini.
"It’s not really a big deal for her, she is not a big drinker but it seems a bit unfair that at this stage in her life she’s having to give up one of the very few pleasures,” the family friend said.
