Queen Elizabeth II, at rest, will take part in an official ceremony on Sunday

Queen Elizabeth II, recently forced to reduce her public commitments on medical advice, will participate as she sees fit in the Remembrance ceremony this Sunday in London, but on the other hand renounces another event on Tuesday, announced Thursday the palace of Buckingham.

A rest recommended by his doctors

The 95-year-old sovereign, who spent a night in hospital last month, had to extend the rest advised by her doctors, forcing her to cancel her participation this Saturday in the festival of remembrance, which honors British and Commonwealth soldiers. As she had expressed the “firm intention” two weeks ago, the queen will however be present at the ceremony on Sunday at the cenotaph in London, according to a statement from Buckingham palace.

“As in previous years, His Majesty will attend” the ceremony “from the balcony of the building” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the text. “Attentive to recent advice from her doctors, the Queen has decided not to be present” at the General Synod of the Church of England on Tuesday, November 16. The Queen was put to rest on October 20 the day after a reception at Windsor Castle where she appeared chatting with her Prime Minister Boris Johnson and American businessman Bill Gates.

Seen behind the wheel of her Jaguar in Windsor

She spent the following night in hospital, her first hospitalization since 2013, for “preliminary examinations” about which no details were provided. Elizabeth II had in particular had to cancel her trip to COP26, which is due to end at the end of the week in Glasgow (Scotland). The fact that Buckingham Palace waited for the press revelation of that night at the hospital had raised questions about his state of health, as well as criticism of what has been denounced as a lack of transparency.

Reassuring for the British, the queen was seen recently at the wheel of her Jaguar on her grounds of Windsor Castle, some forty kilometers from London, now her main place of residence. Elizabeth II, whose husband Prince Philip died in April at the age of 99, was also recently seen walking with a cane, a first since 2004.

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