Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DANICA KIRKA

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was back at Windsor Castle on Friday and in good spirits after revelations that she spent the night in a London hospital earlier this week.

Buckingham Palace said the 95-year-old British monarch went to the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in London on Wednesday for “preliminary investigations.” She returned to her Windsor Castle home at lunchtime on Thursday and was understood to be back at her desk by afternoon, undertaking light duties.

The queen underwent the tests after she canceled a scheduled trip to mark 100 years since the creation of Northern Ireland, and the palace said she had “reluctantly” accepted medical advice to rest for a few days. The matter was not related to COVID-19.

The palace does not normally offer a running account of the monarch’s health, citing her privacy. However, in this case it confirmed the queen’s hospital stay after The Sun newspaper reported the news.



FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greet guests at a reception for the Global Investment Summit in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital after being advised by her doctor to rest. The palace says the 95-year-old British monarch went to hospital for "preliminary investigations." It said she returned to her Windsor Castle home at lunchtime on Thursday, "and remains in good spirits." (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)


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[COL Mustard]

1. I Don't Think She's Much For Resting

Otherwise she could have retired years ago and let Chuck be King. How'd you like to be in his shoes? 70-something and still in training for his real job?

[jimfields33]

2. I hope he trains until 81 and then says William it's yours.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I always assumed that was going to happen anyway.

[ShazzieB]

7. Not I.

Abdication (which is what it would be called if she stepped down for Charles or if he did it for William, and that is a dirty word to the Queen after that nasty business with her uncle David (Edward VIII). I imagine it would be to Charles, too.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. When Charles was bucking his mother

with Camella Bowes, and despite the uproar, at that point, I figured he was ready and willing to let it skip over him and go to William.

It's obvious that Elizabeth could have transferred decades ago after his first marriage to Diana (or even after William and Harry were born). But it seems obvious something else was going on there that precluded that decision.

I know my mom used to talk about Wallis Siimpson and that whole deal. (my mom would have been 91 this year)

[Steelrolled]

9. If Charles becomes king it might end the monarchy

before William even has to worry about it.

[artemisia1]

10. So does his mother... /nt

[maxsolomon]

4. Hang in there, QE2

No booze, cancelled trip, overnight in the hospital. Signs piling up...

[ShazzieB]

6. Glad she's okay for now. But you're right, the signs aren't good.

I hope she'll be around for a while yet. Her mother made it to almost 102, so she does have the genes for longevity.

[pansypoo53219]

5. she needs her martini.