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Why did Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II miss the 2021 Remembrance Day Service?

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Why did Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II miss the 2021 Remembrance Day Service?

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II missed the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph War Memorial in central London on Nov. 14, 2021, due to a sprained back. The 95-year-old monarch has been absent from public life since Oct. 21, 2021, after she was ordered to rest following a night in hospital._x000D_

Which war is honored on Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph Memorial?

_x000D_The Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph War Memorial, is held to mark the end of World War I. The queen had previously missed the event, set on the nearest Sunday to Nov. 11, only six times in her 69 years on the throne – four on tour abroad and twice pregnant.

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