Queen Elizabethis battling a winter cold.
The 93-year-old monarch was set to step out on Thursday for her annual tea time with the localWomen’s Institute, which is near her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. However, a slight cold forced the Queen to make a last-minute cancellation on her visit, a royal source tells PEOPLE.
Queen Elizabethhas attended the meeting, where the women listen to talks on history and swap tips on crafts and baking, for many years, making it a fixture in her annual winter break away from London.
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Last week, the familycemented an agreementgiving the couple a way forward. Meghan, 38, andPrince Harry, 35, would lose their “Royal Highness” titles, repay renovation costs to their Frogmore Cottage home and split their time between North America and the U.K.
Queen Elizabethisn’t the only member of the royal family fighting an illness in recent weeks. Her husband,Prince Philip, was hospitalized in London ahead of Christmas to undergo precautionary treatment for a “pre-existing condition.”
After spending four nights at the hospital, the 98-year-old retired royal took a helicopter to Sandringham House in Norfolk, England, to join the family for the holidays.
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source: people.com
