The monarch, 95, has been under doctors' orders to rest after spending a night in hospital for preliminary tests last month. Buckingham Palace today confirmed Her Majesty would attend the Remembrance Sunday wreath-laying event in Whitehall.

       However the head of state will miss the General Synod next week.

       In a statement, the palace said: "The Queen will attend the annual Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph on Sunday 14th November.

       "As in previous years Her Majesty will view the Service from the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office building.

       "Mindful of her doctors' recent advice, the Queen has decided not to attend the General Synod Service and Opening Session on Tuesday 16th November. The Earl of Wessex will attend as planned."

       The palace had previously said it was the Queen's "firm intention" to be at the Cenotaph to honour the nation's war dead.

       The monarch, who lived through the Second World War as a teenager, is head of the Armed Forces and attaches great importance to the poignant service and to commemorating the sacrifices made by fallen servicemen and women.

       She was already confirmed to be missing the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening.

       Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince William, Kate, Prince Edward, Sophie and Princess Anne will attend the event.

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       Earlier today, the Prince of Wales reassured a wellwisher over the Queen's health as he met members of the public in Brixton.

       Charles was greeted by crowds of people as he left a branch of NatWest bank in south London after an engagement for the Prince's Trust.

       One man asked him: "Prince Charles. How is your mother?"

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       The heir to the throne gave him a pat on the arm and appeared to say: "She's alright, thank you."

       The Queen has been resting at Windsor Castle after spending a night in hospital on October 20.

       She pulled out of a trip to Northern Ireland and also missed the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.

       However she was well enough to travel by helicopter to Sandringham in Norfolk to stay at her estate for a long weekend.

       The monarch is understood to have flown back to her Berkshire royal residence by helicopter on Tuesday.

       The Queen has been carrying out light duties including dealing with her red boxes of papers and conducting some virtual audiences.

       The monarch no longer lays a wreath at the Cenotaph herself.

       In 2017, Charles began placing one on his mother's behalf as she watched from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office building instead.