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Only days ago, she was seen using a walking stick at a Westminster Abbey service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion, an armed forces charity. There has been some disquiet this week about Elizabeth’s health.
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The Vatican has cited the pope’s medical privacy in limiting information flows, but the vacuum of information often serves to fuel speculation about an eventual papal death and conclave to elect a successor. John Paul II suffered from Parkinson’s disease. The Vatican had kept the hospitalization and Francis’ condition secret until the pope was already admitted and was about to go into surgery.īut the Vatican has long been notoriously secretive about the health of popes, most significantly when it refused to even acknowledge the obvious signs that St.
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The long-secretive monarchy faces struggles similar to those of other leaders and celebrities who face a voracious appetite for details on their personal lives and health status.įor comparison’s sake, the Vatican issued daily bulletins about Pope Francis’ 10-day hospital stay in July after he had a chunk of his colon removed. “And I think there’s a concern to sort of maintain the dignity of the office, and I know that one reason why nothing was said about yesterday’s trip to hospital was that they sort of didn’t suddenly want sort of huge banks of cameras and 24-hour news setting up outside the hospital.″ “She hates people making a fuss of her in general but particularly to do with health,″ he told the BBC. The attention paid to the development merely reflects the great affection the global community has for the monarch, said Hardman, author of “Queen of the World,” which chronicles the monarch’s influence and stature around the globe. She has stayed at Windsor Castle, west of London, holding virtual audiences with ambassadors and poets and otherwise displaying good spirits.īritain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch, Elizabeth is due to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee - 70 years on the throne - next year.UK plans holiday weekend to honor queen's 70 years on throne climate conference in Glasgow - a great disappointment to Britain's Conservative government, which was hoping to stress the importance of the two-week meeting to save the Earth from uncontrollable global warming. That was followed only days later by the announcement that she would not appear at the the U.N. She cancelled a trip to mark 100 years since the creation of Northern Ireland on Oct. But she has reluctantly accepted advice to cut back on her blistering schedule in recent weeks. The queen has long enjoyed robust health, and is said to hate having people make a fuss. It is significant that the palace statement highlighted the wish of the monarch to attend Remembrance Sunday ceremonies, as it is major event on the sovereign’s calendar and one to which she has attached great importance. “However, it remains the queen’s firm intention to be present for the National Service of Remembrance on Remembrance Sunday, on 14th November,’’ the palace said.