Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen would not attend a thanksgiving church service Friday after experiencing 'some discomfort' at events on Thursday.
Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth will not attend a church service to mark her Platinum Jubilee after experiencing "discomfort" at events on Thursday.The Associated PressQueen Elizabeth stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, as she watches a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft on Thursday.
Her fans sported Union Jack flags, party hats or plastic tiaras. Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing the 96-year-old monarch, whose public appearances are becoming rarer. It was an explosion of joy in the massive crowd, one of the first big gatherings in the U.K. since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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