From the BBC:
“The Queen back at Windsor
after hospital stay”
The Queen spent Wednesday night
in hospital for preliminary medical checks and is now back at Windsor Castle,
Buckingham Palace has said. The 95-year-old monarch returned from hospital at
lunchtime on Thursday and is "in good spirits", the palace added. The
Queen was said to be "disappointed" after cancelling a visit to
Northern Ireland on Wednesday. She was given medical advice to rest for a few
days, after a busy schedule of public engagements. In a statement on Thursday
night, Buckingham Palace said: "Following medical advice to rest for a few
days, the Queen attended hospital on Wednesday afternoon for some preliminary
investigations, returning to Windsor Castle at lunchtime today, and remains in
good spirits."
The Queen was seen by specialists
at the private King Edward VII's Hospital in central London, about 19 miles
(32km) from Windsor. Her admittance is understood not to be related to
coronavirus. The overnight stay was said to be for practical reasons and the
Queen was back at her desk undertaking light duties on Thursday afternoon. The
King Edward VII's is a private hospital in London's Marylebone used by senior
royals, including the Queen's husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who received
treatment there earlier this year. It has been a busy period of official
engagements for the Queen. She was pictured hosting a Global Investment Summit
at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
An official record of the Queen's
diary showed at least 15 other formal events during October. On Wednesday, a
Buckingham Palace spokesman said the monarch had "reluctantly accepted
medical advice to rest for the next few days". He said the Queen was
"disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern
Ireland" - which would have involved an overnight stay. She is expected to
lead a royal delegation to the Glasgow COP26 climate change summit in two
weeks' time. Earlier this week, the Queen declined a magazine's award of Oldie
of the Year, saying "you are only as old as you feel". She
"politely but firmly" turned down the award, but sent the Oldie
magazine a message with her "warmest best wishes".
^ I am extremely happy to hear
that her Majesty is back home, but we (her subjects) should have been told that
she was in the hospital when she was there and not after the fact. The Royals
seem to only tell the public what is going on after it happens (like Prince
William telling us he had Covid after he had already recovered from it.) ^
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