Queen cancels trip to Northern Ireland on medical advice
Queen cancels trip to Northern Ireland today after ‘reluctantly accepting medical advice to rest for the next few days’ – after 95-year-old monarch was seen using a walking stick at two engagements last week
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The Queen has cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland today and has ‘reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days’, Buckingham Palace has said.
A Palace spokesman said today: ‘The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days.
‘Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.
‘The Queen sends her warmest good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland, and looks forward to visiting in the future.’
A royal source said there was ‘no cause for caution’ about the Queen’s health – and her decision is understood not to be related to coronavirus.
Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle yesterday
Her Majesty has had a busy schedule of engagements in recent weeks including attending the opening of the Welsh Parliament and last night’s Windsor Castle reception for delegates of the Global Investment Conference.
She is also due to attend Cop26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow next month.
Last night, the Queen welcomed billionaire business leaders, presidential envoys and tech entrepreneurs to Windsor Castle for a reception following a Government investment summit.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among the guests invited to the Queen’s Berkshire home after the day-long conference in London aimed at encouraging foreign funding by showcasing the best of British innovation.
The Queen was joined by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge at the reception, and met some of the leading figures in the castle’s green drawing room before the royals mingled more widely.
Queen Elizabeth II uses a walking stick as she arrives to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion on October 12
Queen Elizabeth II uses a walking stick attends the opening ceremony of the Welsh Senedd in Cardiff on October 14
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was due to be introduced first, but he appeared after the Queen began welcoming her guests and took his place at the end of the line.
In a foreword for the Global Investment Summit’s official brochure, the Queen said she was ‘proud’ of how the UK is moving towards a sustainable future but ‘there is still much more to do’.
The head of state also urged nations to ‘rise to the challenge’ and avert the problems associated with climate change.
It comes after the monarch appeared to suggest last week she was irritated by a lack of action in tackling climate change.
In an overheard exchange following the opening of the Welsh Senedd she appeared to express her exasperation just a few weeks before world leaders gather in Glasgow for Cop26.
