Ailing Queen Elizabeth skips Commonwealth Day service

Update: 2013-03-12 00:26 GMT
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was on Monday forced to cancel her appearance at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey due to illness, Buckingham Palace announced.

The 86-year-old monarch’s withdrawal comes as she continues to recover from her recent illness, it said in a statement.

Last week, she was admitted to hospital for the first time for 10 years with symptoms of gastroenteritis.

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