Queen Elizabeth cancels Northern Ireland visit on doctors’ advice – National

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, selected Wednesday to relaxation for the subsequent few days on recommendation from docs and cancelled a deliberate go to to Northern Eire, Buckingham Palace mentioned.

The palace didn’t say why the queen had been advised to relaxation, although it mentioned the 95-year-old monarch was in “good spirits” and looking out ahead to visiting Northern Eire sooner or later.

“The queen has reluctantly accepted medical recommendation to relaxation for the subsequent few days,” the palace mentioned.

“Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disenchanted that she is going to now not be capable of go to Northern Eire, the place she had been as a consequence of undertake a sequence of engagements right this moment and tomorrow.”

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Incoming governor normal Mary Simon has digital viewers with Queen Elizabeth

The queen has reigned for nearly seven a long time. She was 25 when she turned Queen Elizabeth II on Feb. 6, 1952 on the dying of her father.

Elizabeth, who acceded to the throne as Britain was shedding its imperial energy, has symbolized stability for generations of British individuals, constructing the recognition of the monarchy regardless of seismic political, social and cultural change which threatened to make it an anachronism.

A quiet and uncomplaining dedication to the responsibility of queenship, even in previous age, has earned her widespread respect each in Britain and overseas, even from republicans who’re looking forward to abolition of the monarchy.

A supply mentioned the queen’s determination was not associated to COVID-19. She is resting at Windsor Fortress, the world’s oldest inhabited citadel.

The queen despatched her “warmest good needs to the individuals of Northern Eire, and appears ahead to visiting sooner or later,” the palace mentioned.

This week, Elizabeth brushed apart an try by {a magazine} to award her the title of “Oldie of the 12 months,” saying that she felt too younger at coronary heart.

(Reporting by Man Faulconbridge; enhancing by Kate Holton and Giles Elgood)