Queen to miss Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey
The service would have been the Queen's first major public appearance since reaching her Platinum Jubilee milestone.
The service would have been the Queen's first major public appearance since reaching her Platinum Jubilee milestone.
This first inspection of 2022 is a hugely important sign-off ahead of a year of ceremonial duties for Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Members of the Prince of Wales's Company were recognised in Windsor following deployment to Iraq.
The Platinum Jubilee medal will be given out to members of the Armed Forces.
The British Army is firing gun salutes from Green Park and the Tower of London to mark the 70th anniversary of the Queen's accession.
The Queen has expressed her "sincere wish" that Camilla will be known as Queen Consort when the Prince of Wales becomes King.
Her Majesty acceded to the throne on the death of her father George VI in 1952.
The Duke of York is facing a civil trial in the US after being accused of sexually assaulting Virginia Giuffre in 2001, when she was 17.
It comes after 152 veterans, members of an anti-monarchy group, wrote to the Queen to demand removal of Duke's military positions.
HM The Queen Mother would routinely spend three weeks at Castle of Mey, it is understood, and would often have a nap around midday.
The Duchess, as part of her new Patronage message to BFBS this week, sent Christmas wishes to the UK military.
The Duchess has recorded a video message for BFBS, praising the organisation's "incredible work".
Hundreds of Royal Navy officer cadets have passed out from Dartmouth's Britannia Royal Naval College.
The youngsters and their families were also treated to a performance by the Band of the Welsh Guards at Clarence House.
The Duchess told London's Guildhall her father passed his admiration for Rifles regiments on to her.
The regiment welcomed its serving Colonel-in-Chief for the first time to the biennial event in London.