Queen's aides keeping close eye on royal during Jubilee amid 'mobility problems'
dailyrecord.co.ukWhile the Platinum Jubilee is a celebration for Her Majesty, The Queen's royal aides will be making sure that she does not overdo it during the busy weekend.
The 96-year-old has a full schedule over the next few days making a number of appearances to mark her 70th year on the throne.
The monarch has faced ongoing “episodic mobility problems”, stretching back to last autumn, and now uses a walking stick.Her royal physicians are also likely to be close at hand in case needed with the monarch now just four years away from her 100th birthday.
In recent months, the Queen has cancelled a run of major engagements including the State Opening of Parliament. But in the weeks leading up to her Jubilee celebrations, she has also made surprise visits to open the Elizabeth line and to tour, using a golf buggy, the Chelsea Flower Show.She flew to Balmoral at the weekend, taking the opportunity to rest during a short break ahead of the high profile national events.In October 2021, she used a walking stick at a Westminster Abbey service – the first time she had done so at a major engagement.A week later, after a busy autumn programme, she was ordered to rest by her doctors and advised to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland.The Queen was secretly admitted to hospital for “preliminary investigations” and had her first overnight stay in hospital for eight years on October 20 2021.The next day she was back at her desk at Windsor, carrying out light duties.But concern for her health mounted when she pulled out of more high-profile engagements, including the Cop26 climate change summit and the Festival of Remembrance, with Buckingham Palace saying she had been advised to continue to rest and to not carry out any official visits.She was intent
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