Prince Charles, Prince William, Princess Anne, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie are at or en route to Balmoral, after Queen Elizabeth II’s doctors said they were “concerned” for her health and are keeping her under medical supervision.
The 96-year-old British monarch was evaluated Thursday morning, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said in a statement. The queen is at her Scottish summer residence where she “remains comfortable,” the statement added. Harry and Meghan Markle, who were already in the U.K. ahead of a charity event Thursday evening, were reported to be on their way to Balmoral. However, sources cited by the Press Association later clarified that only Harry was making the trip. Meghan could potentially join Harry in Scotland at a later date,An official spokesperson for Prince Charles and Camilla confirmed they had already traveled to Balmoral, while a spokesperson for Prince William said that he was “traveling to Balmoral.
Dramatic photographs showed Prince William driving Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Sophie into Balmoral. Meanwhile, people gathered in the pouring rain outside the gates of Buckingham Palace hundreds of miles away in London, awaiting an official announcement—some had brought flowers.while anointing Liz Truss as the new U.K. prime minister on Tuesday.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss wrote in a tweet posted shortly after the statement on the queen’s health was released. “My thoughts—and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom—are with Her Majesty the Queen and her family at this time.”The first public sign Thursday that the queen may be seriously ill came when, in the middle of a high-profile debate about the U.K.