From the BBC:
“The Queen back to public
duties after hospital stay”
(The Queen hosting a virtual
audience)
The Queen has carried out her
first engagements since staying overnight in hospital last week, meeting two
ambassadors via video call. The monarch, who is at Windsor Castle, met
virtually with the South Korean and Swiss ambassadors in Buckingham Palace. The
audiences come after she went to hospital for preliminary medical checks last
Wednesday. The Queen, 95, is expected to lead a royal delegation to the Glasgow
COP26 climate change summit next week. She was seen smiling on camera as she
greeted South Korea's Gunn Kim and HeeJung Lee, as well as Switzerland's Markus
Leitner and Nicole Leitner. The engagements are the first time the Queen has
been seen since she hosted a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle last
Tuesday evening. However, on Wednesday a Buckingham Palace spokesman said a
planned trip to Northern Ireland had been cancelled, and the monarch had
"reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days". Then,
in a statement on Thursday night, Buckingham Palace said she had stayed in
hospital on Wednesday night after attending for "some preliminary
investigations" and had returned the following day to Windsor Castle,
where she was "in good spirits".
Analysis box by Sean Coughlan,
royal correspondent This was a diplomatic engagement by the Queen in every
sense. She was taking part in a virtual audience with two ambassadors -
but the real message was that after last week's hospital stay she was back at
work. It might have been one of the most upmarket video call work
meetings ever held, Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, with backdrops of
antique furniture and oil paintings. But it was sending a very modern
media signal that any health worries were not going to stop the 95-year-old
monarch from returning to her job. It was a photo intended to reassure. And
it suggests no change of plan in terms of hosting the COP26 climate summit next
week. The Queen might be WFC (working from castle) but she's showing no
signs of slowing down. The Queen stayed in King Edward VII's, a private
hospital used by senior royals - including her husband, the late Duke of
Edinburgh, who received treatment there earlier this year. She did not
attend a church service at Windsor on Sunday. The Queen is looked after
by her physician Sir Huw Thomas, who is "head of the medical
household". It has been a busy period of official engagements for
the Queen. An official record of her diary showed at least 16 formal
events during October. The Royal Family's website says she is due to
attend a reception on 1 November as part of the climate change conference in
Glasgow. She is due to attend engagements there between 1 and 5 November
alongside the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge.
^ It’s great to see the Queen
back at work. I just hope she takes things a little easier from now on. ^
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