This is bad news from Buckingham’s side. Queen Elizabeth II takes a new blow because she will not be able to attend the throne speech. As reported by theAFP, this Monday, May 9, 2022, the 96-year-old monarch will be replaced by her son Prince Charles. Her Majesty faces many health concerns which prevent her from ensuring all the appointments that she honored without problem until now. And these are again his “mobility issues“ which prevent Elizabeth II from honoring this major commitment.
It is this Tuesday, May 10 that the queen will be absent for the speech from the throne in Parliament, a solemn appointment of British democracy. She will be replaced by Prince Charles, as announced by Buckingham Palace on Monday evening. “The queen continues to have mobility issues episodic and, after consultation with his physicians, reluctantly decided not to participate in the Speech from the Throne“, said the palace via a press release. Episodes which have however multiplied lately …
Repeating episodes…
Already on May 5, the British hoped to see her the following week at the parties she organizes in the gardens of Buckingham Palace each year, but in the end nothing happened. “Elizabeth II will not attend the garden parties organized this summer in her palace, her press service announced in a press release. Her Majesty The Queen will be represented by other members of the Royal Family at this year’s garden parties“, Buckingham had said. Elizabeth II continues to spare herself and limits her travels to the strict minimum while waiting for her platinum jubilee from June 2 to 5.
So it was decided by the monarch, “unwillingly“, to miss the official opening of Parliament on Tuesday. It will be the third time only in 70 years of reign that she misses this event, where she will be replaced by her son Charles assisted for the occasion by Prince William, future heir Buckingham Palace was expected to wait until Tuesday morning to make a final decision, with aides having prepared contingency plans including a “discrete wheelchair route“, reports the Mail Online. But in the end, his difficulty in walking got the better of him.