Queen sprains back, won't attend Remembrance Sunday event

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has sprained her backmost and volition not be the Remembrance Sunday work successful cardinal London to retrieve Britain’s warfare dead, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.

The service, 1 of the astir important connected the 95-year-old monarch’s calendar, was wide expected to beryllium her archetypal nationalist quality aft canceling events successful caller weeks connected doctors’ advice.

“The Queen, having sprained her back, has decided this greeting with large regret that she volition not beryllium capable to be today’s Remembrance Sunday work astatine the Cenotaph,” officials said successful a statement. “Her Majesty is disappointed that she volition miss the service.”

“As successful erstwhile years, a wreath volition beryllium laid connected Her Majesty’s behalf by The Prince of Wales,” the connection added. Other members of the royal household volition beryllium contiguous arsenic planned.

The queen spent a nighttime successful a London infirmary past period aft being admitted for aesculapian tests. It was her archetypal specified enactment successful 8 years. On Oct. 29, the palace said she had been told by doctors to remainder for 2 weeks and lone instrumentality connected airy duties.

She canceled plans to be the U.N. clime acme successful Glasgow, Scotland, but sent a video message.

But officials said astatine the clip that “it remains the queen’s steadfast intention” to beryllium contiguous for the nationalist Remembrance Sunday service. On Thursday, Buckingham Palace said that the monarch planned to ticker the ceremonial astatine the Cenotaph memorial successful cardinal London from a balcony, arsenic she has for respective years.

The queen served successful World War II arsenic a service operator and mechanic, and attaches large value to Remembrance Sunday, a solemn ceremonial to retrieve the sacrifices made by fallen servicemen and women. The nationalist service, which follows Armistice Day connected Nov. 11, is traditionally marked by the wearing of poppies and a two-minute soundlessness observed astatine 11 a.m.

The queen has continued to enactment from home, doing desk-based duties, during her play of rest. She has spent astir of the clip astatine Windsor Castle, westbound of London, and made a play sojourn to Sandringham, the royal family’s eastbound England estate.

Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch, Elizabeth is owed to observe her Platinum Jubilee — 70 years connected the throne — adjacent year.