The Queen is under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, a statement from Buckingham Palace says.
Her doctors are concerned for her health, but say the 96-year-old monarch “remains comfortable”. All of the Queen’s four children and Prince William are now in Scotland to be with her.
Prince Harry is on his way – he is currently in the UK for various events. Well-wishers are gathering at the gates of Balmoral, as well as outside Buckingham Palace, in London.
New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says “the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news”. The Archbishop of Canterbury says he is sending prayers and the first ministers of Scotland and Wales say the Queen is in their thoughts.
In is under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, a statement from Buckingham Palace says. The palace said that after “a full day” on Tuesday the monarch, 96, had accepted the medics’ advice.
In a break in tradition she met outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his successor Liz Truss in Balmoral, in Aberdeenshire.
The Queen has suffered from mobility issues in recent times. The monarch remains at Balmoral and the latest advice does not involve a hospital stay.
She had been due to hold the Privy Council virtually on Wednesday evening, during which Ms Truss would have taken her oath as First Lord of the Treasury and her new cabinet ministers would have been sworn into their roles.
The Privy Council is a formal body, mainly made up of senior politicians, which advises the Queen.
In a statement a Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “After a full day yesterday, Her Majesty has this afternoon accepted doctors’ advice to rest.
“This means that the Privy Council meeting that had been due to take place this evening will be rearranged.” During her 70-year reign the Queen has typically had an audience with her new prime minister at Buckingham Palace.
It is understood the decision for Ms Truss and Mr Johnson to travel to Scotland was taken to provide certainty for the new prime minister’s diary.
Photographs of the monarch, carrying a walking stick, and Ms Truss were published shortly after their meeting on Tuesday. Her doctors are concerned for her health, but say the 96-year-old monarch “remains comfortable”. All of the Queen’s four children and Prince William are now in Scotland to be with her.
Prince Harry is on his way – he is currently in the UK for various events. Well-wishers are gathering at the gates of Balmoral, as well as outside Buckingham Palace, in London.
New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says “the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news”. The Archbishop of Canterbury says he is sending prayers and the first ministers of Scotland and Wales say the Queen is in their thoughts.
