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A private jet carrying the queen from Scotland to London was forced to abort a landing attempt after flying into an electrical storm ahead of the Jubilee.

Over the past year the queens health has forced her to reduce the number of public appearances she has made and take a back seat on royal duties. Here, Newsweek looks at why.

To have died. it comes as the un has estimated the number of civilians killed in the conflict far exceeds the officialfigure of around 3000. tuesdays state opening of parliament marked the first time since 1963 that the queen didnt attend. her majesty had authorised the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge to open the new parliamentary session. prince charles delivered the speech on the queens behalf after buckingham palace explained that her majesty was suffering from episodic mobility pro...

Post—soviet leader to peacefully hand over power. the queens speech, which sets out the british governments legislative programme, is one of the great events of state in the uk. but the one which happened on tuesday was a little different, because for the first time in nearly 60 years, queen elizabeth was not there. her majesty had authorised the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge to open the new parliamentary session. prince charles delivered the speech on the queens behalf, after buck...

This is bbc news. im david eades. the latest headlines: anti—government protestors defy a nationwide curfew in sri lanka, calling for the countrys president to step down. the head of the world health organization has said chinas zero tolerance policy against covid is not sustainable. tuesdays uk state opening of parliament marked the first time since 1963 that queen elizabeth didnt attend. her majesty had authorised the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge to open the new parliamentary se...

Most unusually, the regency act of 1937 has been invoked to empower the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge as counsellors of state to represent the queen. the prince of wales will read the queens speech, written, of course, by the government. good morning, your majesty. how are you? well, as you can see, i cant move. but the queen has had difficulties walking, as has been evident for some months now. shes been seen several times using a stick, this was sandringham in february. but quite w...

Good morning, your majesty. how are you? well, as you can see, i cant move. but the queen has had difficulties walking, as has been evident for some months now. shes been seen several times using a stick, this was sandringham in february. but quite what the palace means by its phrase "episodic mobility problems" is unclear. officials will not define what those problems are, other than to say that they are a continuation of the issues shes encountered since last autumn. that there has been a chan...

Due to pregnancy, so it is very much a fixed event for her and it will have been a difficult decision to step back. the buckingham palace statement uses a slightly unusual phrase of her having episodic mobility problems, which was the reason why she could not attend today. translating that, i think that some days are better than others. she is 96, she has problems with her back and it was felt it would be too much for her today to attend and deliver that queens speech. attend and deliver that qu...

Parliament. it will have been an incredibly difficult decision for her and her advisers to withdraw from todays ceremony, it is a key date in her calendar, one of her most important constitutional duties and in her 70 years on the throne she has only missed the state opening of parliament twice, that was due to pregnancy. this tells you how important it is to her to attend the ceremony but it was decided late on that the physical challenge of the state opening of parliament, walking through the ...

Is unable to attend because of what the palace described last night as episodic mobility problems. the queen, of course, has had to cancel quite a few appearances in public in the last few months but, in fairness, as my mother keeps on reminding me, her majesty is 96 you know, and these things are to be expected, which i think is a good dose of common sense. it is interesting, chris, when we talk about the way this state opening is playing out. there we saw the prince of wales, a full royal fanf...