

While she has had to forgo COP26, Buckingham Palace was clear that she intends to lead the nation when it honors its war dead, with her presence at the National Service of Remembrance on November 14. It was the first time she'd been seen since her hospital visit last month. Elizabeth was seen driving around the Windsor estate on Monday, in what will have been a reassuring sight to many royal-watchers. She's understood to be traveling to her country estate to make preparations to welcome her family over Christmas, the report added. Her mini-break had been in the diary for some time, with doctors giving her the all clear to head to Sandringham by helicopter, according to Britain's "The Mirror" newspaper. The 95-year-old monarch had been lying low at the royal property following medical advice to rest for a fortnight. The Queen has left Windsor Castle for a long-planned weekend away, a royal source told CNN on Thursday.
