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BALMORAL, Scotland, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s royal family rushed to be with Queen Elizabeth after medical doctors mentioned they had been involved concerning the well being of the 96-year-old monarch on Thursday and mentioned she ought to stay below medical supervision.
The queen, Britain’s longest-reigning sovereign and the world’s oldest monarch, has been affected by what Buckingham Palace has known as “episodic mobility problems” because the finish of final 12 months.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” the palace mentioned in an announcement.
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“The queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
Her eldest son and inheritor Prince Charles and his spouse Camilla travelled to her Scottish residence, Balmoral Castle, the place she is staying, alongside together with his eldest son Prince William, officers mentioned. Her different youngsters – Anne, Andrew and Edward – had been additionally on the fort.
A spokesperson mentioned Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan, in Britain for a quantity of occasions, would additionally journey to Scotland.
Such a family gathering, outdoors of vacation occasions comparable to Christmas or Easter or main public occasions, is extraordinarily uncommon.
The BBC interrupted its regular schedule to change to fixed protection of the queen.
“My prayers, and the prayers of people across the @churchofengland and the nation, are with Her Majesty The Queen today,” Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, mentioned on Twitter. learn extra
Last October, Elizabeth spent an evening in hospital and he or she has been compelled to in the reduction of on public engagements since then. On Wednesday she cancelled a digital assembly with senior ministers after being suggested to relaxation by her medical doctors.
The earlier day she had been pictured appointing Liz Truss because the nation’s new prime minister at Balmoral, the fifteenth premier of her record-breaking reign.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth waits within the Drawing Room earlier than receiving Liz Truss for an viewers, the place she invited the newly elected chief of the Conservative occasion to turn into Prime Minister and type a brand new authorities, at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, Britain September 6, 2022. Jane Barlow/Pool through REUTERS
A palace supply performed down hypothesis that the monarch had suffered a fall.
RECORD-BREAKING REIGN
Elizabeth has been queen of Britain and greater than a dozen different nations since 1952, together with Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and earlier this 12 months marked her seventieth 12 months on the throne with 4 days of nationwide celebrations in June.
“I have been inspired by the kindness, joy and kinship that has been so evident in recent days, and I hope this renewed sense of togetherness will be felt for many years to come,” she mentioned on the time.
Elizabeth got here to the throne after the loss of life of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, when she was simply 25.
She was topped in June the next 12 months. The first televised coronation was a foretaste of a brand new world by which the lives of the royals had been to turn into more and more scrutinised by the media.
She turned monarch at a time when Britain retained a lot of its empire. It was rising from the ravages of World War Two, with meals rationing nonetheless in pressure and sophistication and privilege nonetheless dominant in society.
Winston Churchill was the primary prime minister who served throughout her reign, Joseph Stalin was chief of the Soviet Union, the Korean War was raging.
The prime minister mentioned: “My thoughts – and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom – are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
Lindsay Hoyle, speaker of the House of Commons, interrupted an power debate in parliament to say he despatched his greatest needs to the monarch.
“Along with the rest of the country, I am deeply worried by the news from Buckingham Palace this afternoon,” opposition Labour chief Keir Starmer mentioned.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon mentioned on Twitter: “All of us are feeling profoundly concerned at reports of Her Majesty’s health. My thoughts and wishes are with the Queen and all of the Royal Family at this time.”
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Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Kate Holton and Janet Lawrence
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