Queen Elizabeth II is advised to rest for at least 2 weeks and cuts back her schedule

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Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle during a virtual audience at Buckingham Palace, on Tuesday.

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Queen Elizabeth has canceled a trip to Northern Ireland on the advice of her doctors

The decision comes just days after Elizabeth canceled her planned appearance at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow — a move that dashed the hopes of Britain’s Conservative government which is anxious to show the importance of the session to the fate of the planet. The climate conference runs from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 and her attendance was meant to kick it off in style and splendor.

The news came after the sovereign held virtual audiences Tuesday at Windsor Castle — the first since revelations that her doctors ordered her to rest last week. The sovereign greeted the ambassadors from South Korea and Switzerland during her first technology-aided appearance since she was driven to London’s King Edward VII’s Hospital on Oct. 20 for «preliminary investigations.» She returned to her Windsor Castle home at lunchtime the next day and has been taking on light duties since.

The queen underwent the medical tests after she canceled a scheduled trip to mark 100 years since the creation of Northern Ireland, and the palace said she had «reluctantly» accepted advice to rest for a few days. The matter was not related to COVID-19.