Buckingham Palace has announced that Queen Elizabeth will not participate, as announced a few days ago, in the commemorations for the war dead for a back problem. He brings it back Sky news.
Nothing to do, therefore, for the monarch who must continue her forced break from public commitments, taken for health reasons. Queen Elizabeth II was scheduled to attend the traditional Remembrance Sunday service at the London Cenotaph today, where the end of the First World War is celebrated and her fallen are remembered.
For the 95-year-old monarch, it was her official return to public after a night in hospital in October and a three-week rest period. The event, had pointed out Bbc, this year saw the return to pre-Covid normality, with 10,000 veterans and hundreds of soldiers present at the function and a large crowd to watch.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will join members of the Royal Family in laying a wreath at the war memorial in the center of the British capital. At 11 local time, 12 in Italy, a minute of silence will be observed at the national level to remember those who fought and died in past conflicts.
Buckingham Palace had previously made it known that it was the Queen’s “firm intention” to participate in the ceremony of deposition of the traditional wreath of poppies, after missing several other events, including the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday.
Charles, the Prince of Wales, will deposit the crown on the steps of the Cenotaph in place of Elizabeth, who will watch from the balcony of one of Whitehall’s government buildings, as in previous years.
The monarch, who experienced World War II as a teenager, is also the head of the Armed Forces.