Elizabeth II in serious condition, with the doctors of the 96-year-old sovereign who said they were "worried" about the state of health of the British sovereign. And the BBC hosts have changed the news schedule, appearing live dressed in black. In mourning.
"Following a reassessment of her condition this morning, the Queen's doctors have expressed concern and recommended that she remain under medical surveillance," the palace note read. The court states that His Majesty remains " at rest in Balmoral " and that his closest family members have been informed.
The heir to the throne Charles immediately arrived in the Scottish residence of Balmoral together with his wife Camilla to be close to his mother, whose conditions have worsened in the last hours. All 4 children are at his bedside : after Carlo the princes Anna, Andrea and Edoardo arrived, the latter accompanied by his wife Sophie, daughter-in-law who in recent years has been very close to the sovereign. Prince William , Charles' eldest son and second in line of succession, also immediately left London to reach Scotland. Not Kate, who stayed in the capital with her three children - George, Charlotte and Louis - who started the new school year today.
The "rebellious" nephew, the Duke of Sussex Harry , and Meghan Markle also set off: the two moved to the States after the tear with the royal family and in these days they had returned to the Kingdom as part of a trip European with stages also planned in Germany and Switzerland for a series of public commitments. However, Harry reached Balmoral without his wife .
The sovereign two days ago showed herself in public standing but fragile in her residence in Balmoral for the handover at the helm of the British government between Boris Johnson and Liz Truss . For the first time exceptionally, the ceremony was held in the Scottish residence precisely because the sovereign was advised to avoid long journeys. Queen Elizabeth also had to forgo a virtual reunion yesterday.
" The whole country is worried about the news from Buckingham Palace ," said Liz Truss. "My thoughts and the thoughts of all the people of the United Kingdom are for Her Majesty the Queen and her family at this time," he added.
Similar tones from the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lyndsay Hoyle , who said in the courtroom that he was "sure to cast the votes of the whole country" in expressing the hope that the sovereign could recover.
The BBC has stopped programming its first channel to broadcast continuous updates on the sovereign. And confirming the worldwide attention to what is happening in Balmoral , the royal family's website went haywire after the news broke. An error message appeared on the monitors saying: “Gateway time-out”.
(Unioneonline / L)