Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the traditional garden parties at Buckingham Palace this summer.
As a palace spokesman announced on Thursday, the 96-year-old monarch is being represented at receptions by other members of the royal family because of her walking problems.
Details would be announced "in due course".
The Queen's garden parties will take place in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh from next week.
In the past two years they had been canceled due to the corona pandemic.
A week ago, the Queen received Swiss President Ignazio Cassis at Windsor Castle.
It was the Queen's first public appearance since her 96th birthday in April.
Without a cane and apparently in good health, the Queen posed smiling for the photographers with Cassis and his wife Paola.
The Queen had spent her birthday in seclusion at her Sandringham country estate.
Most recently, Elizabeth II had repeated health problems.
She spent a night in the hospital in October last year, the exact cause of which was never disclosed.
Since then, she has had to cancel a number of events and has rarely appeared in public.
She usually uses a walking stick to do this.
It is still unclear whether the Queen will be able to attend the opening ceremony of Parliament next Tuesday.
During the lavish ceremony, the regent usually reads out the government's program for the coming session.
According to information from the palace, a decision on the Queen's participation should only be made shortly before the date.
It is also eagerly awaited whether the Queen will take part in the celebrations for her 70th throne anniversary in early June.
A long weekend full of city festivals, a military parade and a concert at Buckingham Palace is planned.