Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has cancelled her planned engagement at the COP26 UN climate conference after doctors advised her to rest.
The palace said the 95-year-old monarch "regretfully decided that she will no longer travel to Glasgow to attend the evening reception of COP26" on November 1.
"Her Majesty is disappointed not to attend the reception but will deliver an address to the assembled delegates via a recorded video message," the palace said in a statement.
On Tuesday the Queen took part in a video call from Windsor Castle, in her first public appearance since revelations that her doctors ordered her to rest last week.
Last week she spent a night in London's King Edward VII's Hospital for "preliminary investigations". She returned to her Windsor Castle home at lunchtime the next day.
The matter was not related to COVID-19.
She had previously cancelled a scheduled trip to Northern Ireland, on doctor's orders.
In that case, Buckingham Palace said she had "reluctantly" accepted advice to rest for a few days.
That period of rest followed a hectic few days in which she held audiences with diplomats, had a reception at Windsor Castle for global business leaders, and attended the races at Ascot.
Her hospital visit last week came amid general disquiet about her health.
Days earlier, she was seen using a walking stick at a Westminster Abbey service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion, an armed forces charity. Though she had used a cane in 2003, it was after she underwent knee surgery.
The Queen's husband, Prince Philip, died in April at the age of 99.
The Queen is Britain's longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch. She is due to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee — 70 years on the throne — next year.
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