Buckingham Palace confirmed on Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II, 95, was taken to hospital on Wednesday for an initial examination and was discharged on Thursday after spending a night there, according to foreign media reports. Earlier on Wednesday, the Queen had to cancel a two-day visit to Northern Ireland on the advice of a doctor.
It is reported that a British royal source said that the queen spent the night in the hospital, mainly because it was late at night and could not drive home.
The royal family said the queen returned to her home at Windsor Castle at lunchtime on Thursday and was in good spirits. At the same time, it was revealed that the Queen was very disappointed by the cancellation of the scheduled 100th anniversary of the founding of Northern Ireland. It is understood that her hospital admission was not related to the new crown virus.
Queen Elizabeth, who has been in power since 1952, is Britain's longest-reigning monarch and will celebrate her 70th anniversary next year in Platinum Jubilee.
All along, the Queen was generally in good health. Her last hospitalization was in 2013, when she was 86 years old and briefly hospitalized for gastroenteritis. Recently, she had just rejected the oldie magazine's award of "Old Man of the Year" – in recognition of the contributions made by older people to public life, because the Queen believed that she was young, not old at all, and did not meet the relevant standards.
But it's worth noting that the Queen's first use of the cane a few days ago at a major public event celebrating the centenary of the Royal Legion's birthday at Westminster Abbey raised widespread concern about the Queen's health.
As a result, the news of the Queen's cancellation of her trip to Ireland and her admission to the hospital on Wednesday immediately raised concerns again. While she's looked good at the many events she's been attending over the past week, it's important to note that she's 95 years old.
In fact, although the Queen has reduced her workload in recent years, she still has a busy royal responsibility. Official records of the Queen's Diary show that at least 16 official events in October require the Queen's participation.
On 1 October, the Queen began the month in Scotland, planting trees with the Prince of Wales at Balmoral Manor on the same day and attending the opening of the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh the following day.
The following week, she met with members of the Canadian military at Windsor Castle on October 6 and attended the launch of the Baton at buckingham Palace on October 7.
Last week, 12 October, she attended a church service at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Army.
She then travelled to Wales, where she opened her sixth term at the Welsh Assembly on Thursday. By Saturday, she was back in England to take part in Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire.
Then, on Tuesday night, the Queen attended a global business leaders' event with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Windsor Castle.
Less than two weeks after the cancellation of her trip to Ireland, she is expected to host world leaders at a UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
Zhang Jiao, intern reporter of Wuhan Morning Post