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Queen Elizabeth II is currently under “medical supervision” after her health deteriorated in recent hours, Buckingham Palace said. The British monarch is currently 96 years old.

Following further assessment this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended that she remain under medical supervision. The Queen is still comfortable and at Balmoral [no castelo de Balmoral, propriedade da Rainha na Escócia]”, reads an official note released this Thursday.

Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II (currently 73 years old), will have already traveled to the Scottish castle, guarantees the BBC. also the prince William — the Duke of Cambridge and grandson of Elizabeth II — will have done so, as will the Duchess of Cornwall, CamilaPrince AndrewDuke of York and son of the monarch, the Earls of Wessex, Eduardo (youngest son of Elizabeth II) and sophiethe princess ANAthe only daughter of Elizabeth II.

The BBC’s royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said “all the Queen’s children are either at Balmoral or on their way to Balmoral”. Subsequently, Sky News announced that also Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex (and in Harry’s case, grandson of the queen) will travel to Scotlandciting a spokesman for the couple.

Liz Truss: “The entire country is deeply concerned”

British Prime Minister Liz Truss reacted, noting that “the whole country” is “deeply concerned” by the news, adding: “My thoughts, and the thoughts of people across the UK, are now with Her Majesty the Queen and her family. .”

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, a clergyman who leads the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, and who traditionally presides over all religious celebrations of the Royal Family, also reacted to the news. In a message posted on social media, he said: “My thoughts and the thoughts of people throughout the Anglican Church and across the country today are with Her Majesty Her Queen. May the presence of God strengthen and comfort Her Majesty, her family and those who care for her at Balmoral.“.

My prayers, and the prayers of people around the @Church of England and the nation, are today with Her Majesty the Queen.

May the presence of God strengthen and comfort Her Majesty, her family and those who care for her at Balmoral.

— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) September 8, 2022

Also in the British Parliament was the news that the Queen’s health had worsened. The British broadcaster ITV has already published a video of the moment in which the Speaker of Parliament, Sir Lindsay Hole, interrupts an energy debate taking place in the House of Commons to say:

I know I speak for this entire chamber when I say that we send our best wishes for the recovery of Her Majesty The Queen, who is, along with her entire family, in our thoughts and prayers at this time.”

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle interrupted the energetic debate in the House of Commons to tell MPs: “I know I speak for the whole House when I say that we send our best wishes to Her Majesty the Queen and that she and the royal family They are in our thoughts and prayers right now.” pic.twitter.com/4KWNEHvQ6W

— ITV News (@noticiasitv) September 8, 2022

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron also took to Twitter to express his “sincere thoughts and prayers to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family at this troubled time.” “Deeply concerned by this afternoon’s news from Buckingham Palace,” he wrote.

Deeply troubled by this afternoon’s news from Buckingham Palace.

I send my sincere thoughts and prayers to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family at this time of concern.

—David Cameron (@David_Cameron) September 8, 2022

The news also sparked a backlash from another former British prime minister. In a note spread on social networks, Tony Blair expressed the sending of “thoughts and prayers” to Queen Elizabeth II and her family. “Today’s news from Buckingham Palace is deeply worrying,” he wrote.

Statement by Tony Blair on Her Majesty the Queen. pic.twitter.com/o2M09yzTZs

— Tony Blair Institute (@InstituteGC) September 8, 2022

The first sign: an (online) meeting that had to be postponed the day before

The Queen had postponed this Wednesday, September 7, a meeting scheduled for that same day. with members of the UK Privy Council. The sudden postponement was due to a need for rest recommended by her doctors, which the Queen complied with, Buckingham Palace had previously communicated in an official note quoted by the British broadcaster BBC.

The postponed meeting on Wednesday was with the UK Privy Council, a body with some similarities to the Portuguese Council of State, in that it is made up mostly of experienced politicians from the country, who advise the head of state.

In the previous official note, Buckingham Palace recalled that Elizabeth II, who is currently 96 years old, had had a “full day” the day before. After that day, “Her Majesty accepted this afternoon the advice of the doctors to rest”which means that the meeting scheduled for this Wednesday afternoon “would have to be rescheduled.”

Two days ago, on Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II met with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his successor Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland – where the monarch usually spends a period of summer and early autumn, which It usually runs from mid-August (this year, from July) to mid-October.

This meeting with Liz Truss served for the Head of State to nominate the new British Prime Minister, authorizing her to form a Government.

The molds of the planned meeting with the Privy Council — online and scheduled for this Wednesday – will have already been derived from the Queen’s recent mobility difficulties, according to the BBC. The fact that the meeting was postponed even more, even more so without much notice, already raised new doubts about the fragility of Elizabeth II’s current health, the BBC wrote a few hours ago.

In February, Buckingham Palace officially confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II had been infected with the new coronavirus and was sick with Covid-19, but assured that the monarch only felt “mild symptoms” of the disease.

However, since mid-autumn last year, when she had to spend a night in hospital, the first time in eight years, the queen has seen her health deteriorate. In May of this year, for the first time in 59 years, Elizabeth II did not speak at the opening of Parliament, due to mobility difficulties.

Queen Elizabeth II is infected with Covid-19, but with mild symptoms