Queen Elizabeth II has continued to conduct a wide range of engagements well into her nineties., but she has been forced to reduce her diary significantly this year as she was suffering from mobility issues.
The queen has, over recent years, gone through a handful of episodes related to her health.
On December 2003, the Queen had an operation to remove a torn cartilage in her left knee. It was after a similar surgery on her right knee, earlier the same year.
On March 2013, she was hospitalised to be treated for gastroenteritis, a common stomach bug.
On May 2021, the monarch missed the Remembrance Sunday service in central London after spraining her back.
On October 2021, Elizabeth spent a night at a hospital while undergoing “preliminary investigations,” the Palace said at the time.
On February 2022, she contracted COVID-19 and suffered mild cold-like symptoms, but continued with light duties.
Since her COVID-19 diagnosis, Elizabeth has been forced to more regularly cancel or slim down some events.
The Queen did not attend all of the celebrations for June’s Platinum Jubilee, which marked her 70 years on the throne, and missed the state opening of Parliament the previous month due to mobility problems.
