The Queen will not attend Tuesday's state opening of Parliament, Buckingham Palace has said.
It's only the third time in her reign she has failed to do so. The Prince of Wales will read the Queen's Speech on her behalf, with the Duke of Cambridge also in attendance.
Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems, and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the State Opening of Parliament tomorrow."
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It is the latest in a number of events that the monarch has been forced to skip in recent months, amid fears over her health. Last October, she suffered a back sprain, before catching the coronavirus earlier this year. The State Opening of Parliament marks the start of the parliamentary year, with the Queen's speech setting out the agenda of the government and the laws that it wants to introduce.
The speech is usually read out by the reigning monarch as they are the head of state. In her reign so far, the Queen has only missed it twice - in 1959 and in 1963, due to her pregnancies at the time.
This will be the first time that the Queen will miss the opening of Parliament for 59 years.
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