‘Temporarily stepping back’ Queen forced to miss church service following health scare

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QUEEN ELIZABETH has missed a church service in Windsor following last week’s health scare.

Her Majesty, 95, missed the service after following doctors’ advice, the Sun has revealed. Queen Elizabeth, who was admitted to London’s King Edward VII Hospital, the Palace said: “Following medical advice to rest for a few days, the Queen attended hospital on Wednesday afternoon for some preliminary investigations, returning to Windsor Castle at lunchtime today, and remains in good spirits.”

The Queen, who took an oath to “maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England” during her coronation in 1953, was due to attend the service at All Saints Chapel in Windsor.

Royal author Angela Levin told the Sun: “I am delighted she did not go to church because she is perhaps ­listening and agreeing to temporarily step back.

“Going to church on a Sunday sounds just a small event but it is a very big thing for the Queen and for any woman of her age.

The Queen has had an incredibly busy schedule in the last few months.

The 95-year-old monarch has had 120 official engagements in the 194 days that followed the death of her husband Prince Philip.

Only Prince Charles, 72, and Princess Anne, 71 have had a busier seven months – with 191 and 255 jobs.

Following her return from Balmoral in early October, the Queen has met with investment leaders at Windsor Castle, opened the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff Bay and launched the countdown to the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

But Her Majesty, who has recently been using a walking stick, had to call off her trip to Ulster, which would mark Northern Ireland’s centenary celebrations.

According to Palace insiders, the Queen aims to conserve energy before she meets with world leaders at the UN’s COP26 summit in Glasgow next Monday.

The Queen is then expected to appear at the Cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday on November 14.

Royal author Penny Junor also said: “It is possible the Queen has overdone it in an attempt to let the country know that the institution of monarchy is alive and well, and to counter the negative publicity that has resulted from Megxit and Prince Andrew’s situation.

Source: Express.co.uk

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