Elizabeth II will be absent from the Queen's Speech "due to mobility problems"

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Elizabeth II

will miss her annual

appointment "due to mobility problems".

For the third time in her 70-year reign, the monarch will be absent from the traditional presentation of the government program and will hand over the baton to her son, her son

de Ella, dressed for the occasion by

.

The sudden announcement of the absence of Isabel II in Parliament reactivated speculation about her state of health.

The 96-year-old monarch, who regularly uses a cane, contracted Covid in the winter and she herself confessed that

.

"The Queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided to skip the State Opening of Parliament," read a terse statement from

.

Boris Johnson

heeded "Her Majesty's wishes" and expressed in advance his gratitude to Prince Charles for personally reading his Government's program speech for next year, in keeping with the tradition of the so-called Queen's Speech.

The absence of Isabel II, who spent a night in the hospital and has had mobility problems since last fall, when she suspended her agenda for more than three months, has also reactivated the possibility that she could delegate "specific functions" to the heir to the Crown, pursuant to section 6 of the regency law.

Elizabeth II has opened sessions of Parliament since 1952, with two exceptions - in 1959 and 1963 - for being pregnant with

and

, respectively.

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