The health of Elizabeth II, and the continuous ups and downs that her schedule has had in recent months, are beginning to arouse concern among the British. The 95-year-old queen had previously announced her willingness to attend the ceremony of the Remembrance Day (Remembrance Day) that is celebrated every year in London. It is an act of tribute to the fallen soldiers in all wars. Not only the First and Second World Wars, but also the most recent ones in the Falklands, Afghanistan or Iraq. As Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, the monarch attaches great importance to the gesture of depositing the wreath of flowers before the cenotaph of Whitehall, in the British capital. On his behalf, the heir to the throne, Charles of England, must have done it.
“The Queen, after having injured her back, decided this morning, much to her regret, that she was not able to attend the Sunday service on Remembrance Day. Her Majesty is very disappointed by this absence [imprevista]”Buckingham Palace announced in a statement.
Only six times, throughout a reign of almost seven decades (in 2022 she will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee), has Elizabeth II missed this ceremony. In four of them, for being on an official international trip; in the other two, because she was pregnant with her two youngest children. His absence this Sunday is not related to the advice that the palace doctors gave him, at the end of October, to rest for at least a couple of weeks, according to the PA Media news agency.
On October 20, the monarch spent a night in a London hospital to undergo a check-up and “preliminary investigations,” according to her surroundings in a statement. in the aftermath that unleashed alarm and criticism among the press specialized in the monarchy. Criticism, above all, for its delay and for its scant information. Since then, nothing else has been known about the queen’s health.
During this time, Elizabeth II has performed some official acts, but all of them in a very safe and light way. It has received, for example, via videoconference, the official accreditations of new ambassadors in London. And he also sent a recorded video to the Glasgow climate change summit in which he urged international representatives to act with more determination in the fight against global warming.
During the last years, and especially since the pandemic, Elizabeth II has been delegating part of her official acts to other members of the royal family, such as her son Charles of England, her daughter-in-law Camilla Parker-Bowles or the Dukes of Cambridge, Guillermo de England and Kate Middleton. Despite the recent scares due to her unexpected absences, such as this Sunday, the press was able to capture images of the monarch driving an official vehicle by herself in the surroundings of Windsor Castle, in the area where she usually takes her children for a walk. dogs.
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