Queen Elizabeth II has missed the Remembrance Sunday service in London after spraining her back.
Key points:
- The Queen is said to be "disappointed" to have missed the annual event
- Britain's PA Media says the back sprain is unrelated to her recent absence from duties
- A wreath at the service was laid on the Queen's behalf by Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace announced her absence a couple of hours before the service.
It was widely expected to be her first public appearance this month after cancelling events in recent weeks on doctors' advice.
"The Queen, having sprained her back, has decided this morning with great regret that she will not be able to attend today's Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph," officials said in a statement ahead of the ceremony.
The Queen spent a night in a London hospital last month after being admitted for tests.
On October 29, the palace said she had been told to rest for two weeks.
But her back sprain is unrelated to her doctor's recent advice to rest, news agency PA Media reported.
She cancelled plans to attend the UN climate summit in Glasgow, but sent a video message.
The Queen has continued to work from home, doing desk-based duties, during her period of rest.
She has spent most of the time at Windsor Castle, west of London, and made a weekend visit to Sandringham, the Royal Family's eastern England estate.
It was the Queen's "firm intention" to attend the service, Buckingham Palace said, after she had time away from her duties for health reasons.
On Sunday, other members of the Royal Family and politicians led the ceremony in London's Whitehall, with hundreds of military personnel and veterans lined up around the Cenotaph memorial.
It was the first time the event had returned to normal since the pandemic began.
After Royal Marine buglers sounded the The Last Post, Prince Charles, laid the first wreath on the Queen's behalf, as he had done in recent years.
He was followed by other Royals and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Britain's longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch, Elizabeth is due to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee — 70 years on the throne — next year.
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2021-11-14 09:32:51Z
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