The Queen Is Back to Light Duties as the Rest of the Royals Fill In

When Queen Elizabeth first announced that she was clearing her schedule for two weeks after receiving doctors’ advice to rest, the palace said she still planned to attend Remembrance Sunday services on November 14. So it came as a surprise on Sunday morning when the palace announced that the queen would skip the event she had only missed seven times in her nearly 70 years on the throne. Kate Middleton, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, took their places on the balcony of the Cenotaph, with Kate in the center where the queen would have stood. In… Read Full Article