Queen wants to ‘get on with things’ despite health says expert

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A royal expert has told GB News that after dedicating her “whole life to duty”, the Queen struggles to take time to rest, despite following the advice of her doctors to cancel her upcoming engagements. The 95-year-old monarch is currently undertaking “light, desk-based duties” at Windsor Castle after she fell ill on October 20. She has been forced to cancel her trip to COP26 in Glasgow and will no longer attend the Festival of Remembrance on November 13.

Speaking to GB News about Prince Charles increasing his public profile, royal expert Ingrid Seward said: “Over the last year, we have certainly seen much more of this and of course, Charles is ready to do this, he’s been waiting most of his life to do this.

“He will be saying to his mother ‘let me do this’, he’s already opening the COP26 which is what the Queen was going to do, she’s recorded a message.

“I don’t think we are expecting too much of her, I think we’ve always expected a great deal of her and she wants to give it.

“She has said constantly that if she stops, she drops which is a wonderful old-fashioned expression because I think she feels that she just wants to get on with things and she hates letting people down. 

“Her whole life has been dedicated to duty and she sees this as her duty.

“Obviously her children will be saying ‘steady on, we can’t afford for you to get seriously ill so just rest’, but it’s very difficult for someone to rest when they’re used to being so active all their life.”

Since returning from her summer break in Balmoral, the Queen had maintained a busy schedule of public engagements. 

In September and October, she travelled to both Cardiff and Edinburgh to open the Welsh and Scottish Parliaments, attended a service for the Royal British Legion in Westminster Abbey, and launched the baton relay for the Commonwealth Games. 

For the first time in 17 years, she also had begun to appear with a walking stick, which Palace sources said was for “comfort” rather than a medical necessity. 

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She was due to travel to Northern Ireland for a two-day tour, but shortly ahead of her first engagement at Hillborough Castle, Buckingham Palace announced that she had “reluctantly” accepted medical advice to take a period of rest. 

It was subsequently revealed that she had spent the evening in hospital undergoing “preliminary investigations” with a team of specialists. 

Despite conducting two virtual audiences on Monday, it was announced that evening that she would no longer be travelling to Glasgow to attend the COP26 summit.

She was expected to welcome world leaders to the important climate event and to host a diplomatic reception on November 1. 

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Prince Charles and Camilla, as well as Prince William and Kate, will attend the summit, whilst Her Majesty will address the assembled delegates via a recorded video message.

It is understood that her illness is not Covid-related and that she remains in “good spirits”.

Her engagements for the upcoming two weeks have been cancelled, but Buckingham Palace have made it clear that it is her “firm intention” to attend the Remembrance Service outside the Cenotaph on November 14.

Earlier today, Boris Johnson said: “I spoke to her Majesty, as I do every week, this week and she’s on very good form.

“She’s just got to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest and I think that’s the important thing.

“The whole country wishes her well.”

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