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| Queen is feeling 'better' says Princess Anne | |
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| The Queen is feeling "better" despite missing a New Year's Day church service at Sandringham, her daughter Princess Anne has said. | |
| Princess Anne spoke to well-wishers outside the church after attending the service with her father Prince Philip, brother Prince Edward and other royals. | |
| Buckingham Palace said the Queen is "still recuperating" from a heavy cold. | |
| Missing church was a "precautionary measure" in cold and wet weather and there was "no sense of undue concern". | |
| Twelve days ago the palace said both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had heavy colds and had cancelled their plans to travel to Sandringham on 21 December. | |
| They left for their Christmas break a day late, travelling by helicopter instead of train. | |
| Prince Philip has since made a full recovery. | |
| The Queen did not attend the Christmas Day service at her Norfolk estate, the first time she has missed the service in many years. | |
| The New Year's Day service at Sandringham was led by the Bishop of Norwich. | The New Year's Day service at Sandringham was led by the Bishop of Norwich. |
| Princess Anne's husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, who accompanied her to the service, added that the Queen was feeling "not too bad". | |
| The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were also absent from the service, after they, Prince George and Princess Charlotte spent Christmas with Kate's family at Bucklebury in Berkshire. | |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| By Royal Correspondent Peter Hunt | By Royal Correspondent Peter Hunt |
| For a second time, during the holiday season, senior royals have attended church. | For a second time, during the holiday season, senior royals have attended church. |
| For a second time, the Queen has been a notable absentee. | For a second time, the Queen has been a notable absentee. |
| Given her deep personal faith, it's a decision the Supreme Governor of the Church of England will not have taken lightly. | Given her deep personal faith, it's a decision the Supreme Governor of the Church of England will not have taken lightly. |
| But at 90 - and on the advice of her doctor - she is exercising caution as she recovers from a heavy cold which she's had for at least 12 days, and which is bound to have left her feeling pretty miserable. | But at 90 - and on the advice of her doctor - she is exercising caution as she recovers from a heavy cold which she's had for at least 12 days, and which is bound to have left her feeling pretty miserable. |
| Officials insist the head of state is up and about; she has not been to hospital or had tests; and she continues to deal with the documents she receives in her government red box. | Officials insist the head of state is up and about; she has not been to hospital or had tests; and she continues to deal with the documents she receives in her government red box. |
| As well as missing church, the under-the-weather monarch has become a voluntary prisoner inside her own Sandringham home. | As well as missing church, the under-the-weather monarch has become a voluntary prisoner inside her own Sandringham home. |
| She hasn't yet had an opportunity to go outside and explore her 20,000 acre private Norfolk estate. | She hasn't yet had an opportunity to go outside and explore her 20,000 acre private Norfolk estate. |
| Read more here. | Read more here. |