The Queen has carried out her first official engagements in seven days after she was ordered to rest by doctors and spent the night in hospital.
The monarch cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland last week and faced preliminary tests in hospital during her first overnight stay at a medical facility in eight years.
She is being looked after by the Medical Household, her expert team of royal physicians.
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Today, the Queen carried out virtual audiences from Windsor Castle - her first official engagement since she hosted an evening reception for the global investment summit on October 19.
She was wearing a yellow dress and her three-strand pearl necklace for the occasion.
In a statement, Buckingham Palace said the Queen held two audiences on Tuesday afternoon.
The Palace said: “Her Majesty The Queen today conducted two virtual audiences via videolink from Windsor Castle.
“His Excellency Mr Gunn Kim was received in audience by The Queen today via videolink and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Korea to the Court of St James’s.
“Mrs Hee Jung Lee was also received by Her Majesty.
“His Excellency Mr Markus Leitner was received in audience by The Queen and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Swiss Confederation to the Court of St James’s.
“Mrs Leitner was also received by Her Majesty.”
The 95-year-old is due to attend events in Scotland next week as part of a flurry of royal Cop26 engagements involving the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
On the royal family’s website, the Queen is still listed as attending a reception on November 1 as part of the climate change conference.
She was seen using a walking stick for the first time at a major engagement during a Westminster Abbey service on October 12.
On Thursday October 21, she was said to be in “good spirits” after her hospital stay and back at her desk, undertaking light duties.
Royal sources had briefed the Sunday Times that the Queen was “knackered” due to a busy social life and preference for late night television, as having a hectic run of engagements in October.#
Buckingham Palace would not comment on whether the monarch has received her booster Covid-19 jab, but given her age it is likely she has already had it.
