Izuchukwu Okosi
United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth will advertently not be able attend the Remembrance Sunday service on November 14 at the Cenotaph in London because she has sprained her back.
Join our WhatsApp Channel“Her Majesty is disappointed that she will miss the service,” Buckingham Palace said.
A palace source said her injury was not related to the ailment that caused her to be admitted to hospital, Reuters reported.
The service would have been the 95-year-old monarch’s first in-person public appearance since being advised by doctors to rest after spending a night in hospital last month. It was her first overnight stay in hospital since 2013.
The queen the Palace stated hopes to continue with her schedule of light official duties next week the statement read.
Members of the royal family join senior members of the government, representatives of the military and veterans to commemorate those who died in conflict by laying wreaths at the Cenotaph.
Prince Charles will lay a wreath on behalf of his mother, as he has done in previous years.
The queen initially planned to watch the annual service in London from a balcony, as she has done since 2017, when she handed over some duties to younger members of the royal family.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
