LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II’s health appeared to have deteriorated dramatically on Thursday, with Buckingham Palace announcing that she had been placed under medical supervision and that her doctors were “worried” about her health. hers.
The Queen, 96 years old and has reigned for 70 years, has not been hospitalized and remains at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands, where she spends most of her summers, the palace said in a statement. But on Wednesday night, she abruptly canceled a virtual meeting with members of the Privy Council after her doctor advised her to rest.
“Following further assessment this morning, the queen’s doctors are concerned about the Queen’s health and have recommended that she continue to undergo medical supervision,” the palace said in a statement.
His office said Prince Charles, heir to the throne, and his wife, Camilla, had visited the queen at Balmoral Castle. His eldest son, Prince William, who is second to the throne, is also on his way to Scotland, as are the queen’s other sons, Andrew and Edward. Her daughter, Princess Anne, was there.
Details of the queen’s health are not known, although the palace has previously said she has mobility problems. She recovered from a battle with Covid-19 in February, but later said it left her exhausted.
In a photo released by the palace on Tuesday of herself and Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, the queen holds a walking stick in her left hand.
The queen’s declining health has been a constant source of concern over the past few years, forcing her to cancel many public appearances, even solemn events such as her annual memorial service. England’s wartime dead.
She has largely retreated to Windsor Castle, her country residence outside London, although this year she has kept her summer routine to Balmoral, a castle set among craggy hills. climbing and the sylvan mountains of Scotland.
During the Platinum Celebrations in June, marking 70 years on the throne, a smiling monarch appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a parade and an Air Force flyover Royal family in her honor. But she skipped out on most of the rest of the celebrations, including a gala concert held in Queen Victoria Square, in front of the palace.
As the queen withdrew from public view, her heir Charles took over many of her public duties, including opening Parliament and knighting. She stopped traveling outside of England a few years ago.
In April 2021, the queen lost her 73-year-old husband, Prince Philip, who died a few weeks before his 100th birthday. At Philip’s memorial, she sat, masked and alone, in the choir pavilion at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, a poignant symbol of the social distancing restrictions of the university. Translate.
Even in her declining state, the queen remains a frequently revered figure in the country’s public life. In the depths of the pandemic, she spoke of a socially isolated nation, assuring Britons, in the words of Vera Lynn’s beloved World War II song, that “we We’ll see each other again.”
