Unwell Queen Elizabeth told to rest for a few days by doctors

The Queen has been told to rest for the next few days and has cancelled a series of engagements in Northern Ireland over the next two days.

Queen Elizabeth has cancelled a planned trip to Northern Ireland on medical grounds.

The Queen has been told to rest for the next few days and has cancelled a series of engagements in Northern Ireland over the next two days.

Buckingham Palace said in an official announcement: “The Queen has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days.”

To allay fears about the health of the 95-year-old monarch – who was seen most recently walking with the aid of a stick – the Palace added: “Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she had been due to undertake a series of engagements today and tomorrow.

“The Queen sends her warmest good wishes to the people of Northern Ireland, and looks forward to visiting in the future.”

Queen Elizabeth at the opening of the sixth Senedd, in Cardiff, Wales last week.

Queen Elizabeth attends a reception to mark the Global Investment Summit, at Windsor Castle in Windsor on Tuesday.

The order to rest comes just hours after the Queen had hosted a swish reception at Windsor Castle for attendees of a global investment summit in London. Along with Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Queen greeted billionaire businessmen and diplomats such as Bill Gates and John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate.

The Queen being indisposed has immediately focused attention on the heir to the throne Prince Charles and his increasing workload in dealing with official duties.

Over the past few months the Queen has looked spritely despite the death of Prince Philip, her husband of more than seven decades, in April this year. However, in the past fortnight there were concerns about her mobility as she attended the centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey on October 12 with the aid of a walking stick.

Her next future engagement is the opening of the COP26 summit in Glasgow on November 1, which will be attended by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

As part of the trip to Northern Ireland, the Queen had been due to attend a church service in St Patrick’s Church in Armagh to commemorate the centenary of the foundation of Northern Ireland on Thursday.