Queen to miss Rememberance Day service

[KenAdams]

As she has apparently sprained her back.

I do wish the Palace would be honest about her health (without giving details) rather than setting her up to attend events that they know she won't be at. It can't be good for her, they should just say she's out for a while, which at her age would be completely understandable.

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@HarrisonStickle

Weird to think that she's been Queen for so long and the only monarch most of us have known, when in the 1930s there were three in quick succession!

My mum remembers George V dying, Edward VII abdicating, then George VI's coronation.

When I was a child, in the 50s, my mother and grandmother would always refer to George V as "The old king." George VII as "The late king." or "The Queen's father." The old king always sounded very special somehow.

@WeeTattieBogle

DH twinged his back yesterday trying to hang a huge mirror, maybe that's what she was doing too... Or maybe she's just 95

I’ve hardly been able to move after losing my balance putting my pants on a few days ago. It was the smallest of stumbles just a few inches to the right but I’m extremely sore. I’m 63 and boy have I felt this.

I slipped on a step going into the garage 5 months ago and broke my ankle. It is still painful, still can't walk normally. I'm 25 years younger than the Queen and my physio reckons it is progressing normally for my age. I'm starting to feel it will never be 100% again.

How depressing.

ancientgran I was born mid 50s but the first big state event I remember is Churchill's funeral in 1965

MamDancer, I think Princess Margaret's wedding is probably the first I remember, then Princess Alexandra's. The main thing I remember about Churchill's funeral is how upset my dad was. He was in the Royal Navy in the war and had great respect for Churchill, he died a few months later.

I do have a vague memory of Ruth Ellis being hanged. I remember my mother talking about it with other women and I didn't understand but knew it was bad.

Mine was Charles' first wedding.

We've had quite a long era of there not being massive State events other than weddings.

My mother helped Princess Anne with her shoe buckles at a last min rehearsal of Princess Margret's wedding. DM was a florist and doing the pew ends and PA asked for her help :)

When she does pass away though I'm not interested in weeks and weeks of TV about it and everyone on social media and journalists putting in their opinions about it and the endless non stop dredging over everything which will inevitably occur

It was bad enough when Diana died, and she wasn't even queen.

Even the supposedly republican Guardian had 29 pages about it the day after she died. I boycotted the bloody paper for a week, I was so annoyed!

She's declined rapidly since losing her husband

Many elderly ladies do; after a long marriage, the thing of one going and the other not being far behind is massively precedented

Even as a Republican I can feel for her in some of her present circumstances, and though she's brought some of it on herself you don't have to be a raging monarchist to appreciate she's still a human being

The Queen rides her Fell ponies regularly-
It’s feasible she strained her back.
It must be serious if HMTQ isn’t attending Remembrance Day.
I wonder if she ever will again.

The Queen is the end of an era .

why they can't just say she's taking an extended break and leave it at that.

Given the combination of an elderly lady with an enormous sense of duty and the Remembrance Day service, I expect she was actually adamant that this was one duty she would not cancel.

Until it was obvious that she couldn't.

The tradition has been for her to lay the first wreath then stand throughout the rest

If the argument I had with DH this morning is anything to go by, she has been saying she will be fine, right up to the last minute when it's obvious a wheelchair is required and then she says she would rather. It go it than need a wheelchair.

I do have a small amount of sympathy for Charles who is getting into the 'elderly' age bracket before even having been allowed to have a go at the family business.

Not sure about Prince Philips father but I do remember his mother at some events and she seemed very old but back then anyone over 30 looked old to me

His parents were separated and his father died in exile towards the end of WW2. His sisters were married to Germans, and at least one of the brothers-in-law had close connections to the Nazis.

My late father used to rant on about his family connections to the Nazis whenever the DoE was in the news.

Princess Alice, his mum, was a very good woman by all accounts.

@FinallyHere the Queen hasn’t laid a wreath for several years , Prince Charles has done it in her behalf and she has stood on the balcony.

The first big event I remember was Anne’s wedding, I think we had a day off school. Now I think she looked amazing but at the time I remember I was disappointed it wasn’t more ‘princessy’! I would have been about 8

@ArblemarchTFruitbat

Your mother must be older than the Queen to remember this?

The Queen didn't become Queen till she was 27, so anyone up to 20 or so years younger than her will remember George VI

My mum is 78 and remembers the Coronation very well.

My MIL is 83 and remembers it very well. They listened to it on the wireless.

She adores the queen and will be devastated when she dies.

The Queen was 25 when her father died in February 1952. She was born in April 1926

Wishing her well. I'd say she will surprise us all, and after a Winter of rest and avoidance of crowds and engagements will bounce back again albeit at a slower and more curtailed pace.

I don't have much time for the RF but I do respect HMQ. However she appears to be stubborn like many an older person is, my own now deceased parents were also. Refused help and carried on despite it terrifying the life out of us and causing us endless worry and running around after them when they refused to acknowledge that they needed to slow down a bit and give everyone around them a bit of a break too.

Let us wait and see what happens, but I see endless speculation in the offing if she is not seen in public for a while.

@MamDancer

ancientgran I was born mid 50s but the first big state event I remember is Churchill's funeral in 1965

Same here, but partly because we'd just got a television and the state funeral is the first tv programme I remember watching.

I think the Queen as an individual absolutely has a right to privacy. The country also needs a reliable Head of State or stand in. I wouldn’t mind if the next thing is a Republic. (Of course anyone might occasionally get ill) Meanwhile Prince Charles should act as Regent

It’s entirely possible the Queen was in the process of getting ready to attend and either strained her back as reported or too a turn and it was decided she wasn’t up to attending. I think she should pass the baton to Charles and enjoy the remainder of her life in peace. She’s done more than enough and I think she should be allowed to kick back and relax in the time she has left.

She’s done more than enough and I think she should be allowed to kick back and relax in the time she has left.

I admit to not knowing all the ins and outs, but is there anything actually stopping her from doing this, other than her vow that she would always serve?

I was under the impression she could have stepped back ages ago, but she is choosing to keep going.

@Peaseblossum22

The Queen was 25 when her father died in February 1952. She was born in April 1926

You beat me to it. Coronations take a lot of planning so happen after accession.

She’s done more than enough and I think she should be allowed to kick back and relax in the time she has left.

Who do you think isn’t allowing this though? I assume she could do it if she wanted to, and I don’t think the public would begrudge her it at all.

She is 95 ! 95 years old , she does really well to carry on as she does and it’s not surprising she’s going to start missing some events. She maybe just couldn’t face this Remembrance Day as she’s lost her husband and she felt too emotional.

I’m 41, and getting up off the floor gives enough of a twinge to be honest. At 90-odd I’m certain that’ll be “got out of bed wrong, that’s me back in it for a week then!”

I do wonder how Charles feels as he approaches another Xmas without seeing Harry or his grandchildren in America. He must feel so sad, especially now he's lost his father and possibly his mother is not well. It's his birthday today as well.