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Queen Elizabeth Will Attend This Year's Remembrance Sunday Service in London

Photo credit: Pool/Max Mumby - Getty Images
Photo credit: Pool/Max Mumby - Getty Images

Queen Elizabeth will attend this year's Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London. It's an annual tradition for the royal family to visit the war memorial and pay their to Britain's fallen soldiers, but the Queen's attendance this year has been uncertain in the wake of her recent illness.

Buckingham Palace confirmed today that the Queen will attend this year's wreath-laying service, which will take place this coming Sunday, November 14th. In the official statement, the Palace noted that Her Majesty will view the service from the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office building, as has been the case in recent years.

After being advised to rest as much as possible by her doctors, the Queen will not attend the General Synod Service and Opening Session on Tuesday November 16th. Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, will still attend as planned.

The Queen was hospitalized on October 20th "for some preliminary investigations," and advised to rest by her medical team. She is entitled to medical privacy, so Buckingham Palace did not specify why she had been hospitalized.

She returned to work at Windsor Castle the following day, and carried on with "light, desk-based duties" there.

Last year's Remembrance Day ceremony was an unusual one for several reasons. It was the first time that Prince Andrew had missed the annual service since stepping back from his royal duties due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Harry was also absent for the first time, in the wake of his and Meghan Markle's retreat from royal life.

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