The 96-year-old queen remains under constant clinical “supervision” at the Scottish Balmoral residence, where Prince Charles has attended, followed by William
The doctors who care for Queen Elizabeth II, who is 96 years old, have expressed “concern about her condition”, after the analysis that they would have carried out this morning. They have decided that she will be kept under medical supervision at Balmoral, where she traditionally spends the summer. The official statement states that the queen is “comfortable”.
The mobility problems that he has suffered in recent months have already prevented him from traveling to Buckingham Palace this week to officiate the change of heads of government. Both the dismissed, Boris Johnson, and the replacement, Liz Truss, had to travel to Scotland. The official photograph showed a queen more fragile than usual.
The queen’s four children, Prince Charles of Wales, Princess Anne; Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, have traveled to the Balmoral residence to accompany her mother. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and grandson of the monarch, and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles, have also attended. They have also been joined by Prince Harry, grandson of Elizabeth II, and his wife, Meghan Markle.
The head of government, Liz Truss, has indicated that “the entire country is deeply concerned.” “My thoughts, and those of the entire population of the United Kingdom, are with Her Majesty and her family at this time,” she said, her tone more serious than that of the Palace’s first announcement. Former Prime Minister David Cameron has also declared himself “deeply concerned.”
The BBC network has changed its programming and the presenters already look in mourning. Likewise, the website has changed its corporate color from red to black.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who is the main religious authority of the Church of England, whose head is the queen, has expressed his prayers and wishes for strength for the monarch. Political leaders express a barrage of similar messages. Her thoughts are with the queen and her family, and pray for her. The chain of announcements and messages is consistent with the plans for the time of the death of the monarch.
Release
The statement from Buckingham Palace has been published after the 96-year-old queen postponed a telematic meeting with her Privy Council – which brings together the monarch’s political advisers – after doctors advised her to rest after the “full day”. » that he had on Tuesday with the change of tenant in Downing Street.
Said change of agenda was added to the ever-widening list of annulments of Elizabeth II’s acts, one of her most symbolic absences being that which occurred at the opening of the parliamentary session, when she handed over her son and heir, the prince Carlos, reading the Government speech.
The queen has mobility problems and, in fact, received Truss at her Balmoral residence and not in London as is tradition in the face of her appointment as prime minister on Tuesday. The official images released after the meeting with Truss show Elizabeth II hunched over and with a cane.
The queen, who was married for 73 years to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, until his death in April 2021, has four children, eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. The order of succession establishes that the eldest son will ascend to the throne in the event that the monarch dies or abdicates, rules that were amended in 2013 to guarantee that sons did not have preference over their older sisters, if there were any.
In this way, Prince Charles is the queen’s heir and would act as regent in the event that the monarch’s health condition prevented him from carrying out his duties, while he would ascend to the throne in the event of death. The second in the line of succession is Prince William, while his eldest son, Prince George, is listed in third place.
Queen Elizabeth II is a constitutional monarch and, although she is the UK’s head of state, her powers are symbolic and ceremonial and she remains politically neutral. Likewise, she has among her powers to appoint the Government by inviting the leader of the party that wins in the general elections and to dissolve the Executive before the elections.
The monarch is also the head of state of 14 other Commonwealth countries, a group that shrank in 2021 after Barbados became a republic. Several Caribbean countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis have also indicated their intention to follow in the footsteps of Barbados.
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