UK’s Queen Elizabeth cancels trip after doctors tell her to rest
- Buckingham Palace says the 95-year-old British monarch is in ‘good spirits’, but did not say why she had been advised to take a break
- The queen had spent the previous night hosting a drinks reception at Windsor Castle for billionaire business leaders such as Bill Gates
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, decided on Wednesday to rest for the next few days on advice from doctors and cancelled a planned visit to Northern Ireland, Buckingham Palace said.
The palace did not say why the queen had been told to rest, though it said the 95-year-old monarch was in “good spirits” and looking forward to visiting Northern Ireland in the future.
The queen spent Tuesday night hosting a drinks reception at Windsor Castle for billionaire business leaders such as Bill Gates after Prime Minister Boris Johnson convened a green investment conference ahead of the COP26 climate summit.
“The queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days,” the palace said.
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“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 has reigned for almost seven decades. She was 25 when she became Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 1952 on the death of her father.