The Queen has been seen standing and smiling today three days after missing the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph due to a sprained back.
Her majesty has held a face to face audience with General Sir Nick Carter, the Chief of the Defence Staff, at Windsor Castle.
This is part of her first official engagements since missing the Remembrance Sunday service.
The Queen, dressed in a green, orange and white floral dress and wearing a string of pearls, was pictured standing as she greeted and chatted to Gen Sir Nick in Windsor's Oak Room.
The Oak Room is the Queen's sitting room where she spends much of her time, and which also doubles as her office.
It is the first time in nearly a month that the monarch has been pictured carrying out an in person engagement since she hosted a reception for the global investment summit at Windsor on October 19.
She held a face to face audience with Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week but was not pictured doing so.
This comes after the Queen yesterday said "None of us can slow the passage of time" in a poignant message to the General Synod given by Prince Edward in her absence due to illness.
The 95-year-old monarch reminisced about her late husband Prince Philip, remarking how it has been half a century since they together attended the very first meeting of the General Synod.
In the speech to the Church of England's national assembly, the Queen praised "our richly diverse modern society" which "the well-being of the nation depends on the contribution of people of all faiths, and of none".
The monarch also used the address to describe the coronavirus pandemic as a period "of anxiety, of grief, and of weariness".
After missing the Remembrance Sunday service at the weekend, the Queen was due to appear in person at the Synod, but her appearance was cancelled last week.
Edward, who read the 95-year-old head of state's speech to bishops and clergy at Church House, the Westminster headquarters of the Church of England, praised the institution for offering "hope" during the pandemic.
Before the speech, he said the Queen sends her "sincere and deep apologies that she cannot be here today".
Edward added: "I think you probably understand why, and she regrets that deeply."
