Queen Elizabeth II looks on during a visit to officially open the new building at Thames Hospice, Maidenhead, Berkshire, July 15, 2022. (Kirsty O'Connor/Pool Photo via AP)
Doctors for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace says.
She has been placed under medical supervision at Balmoral, Scotland, where she is summering. She has been suffering mobility issues amid reports of declining health in recent months.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Sept. 6, 2022. (Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP)
“The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral,” Buckingham Palace says.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who met Elizabeth on Tuesday as she was appointed premier, says her thoughts are with the monarch.
The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime.
My thoughts – and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom – are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.
Sky News reports that Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Bowles are on their way to Balmoral, along with grandson Prince William.
Charles is next in line for the throne.
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