being, under the and she is now being, under the supervision of doctors at balmoral. it is understood that she is comfortable and immediate family members have been informed. with the news that she is under medical supervision raising concerns for her health. yesterday she pulled out in the virtual privy council after doctors ordered her to rest. that was after a very full day on tuesday, when we see a picture here from the queen at balmoral when she met the prime minister, liz truss. she had previously met borisjohnson so it was a very busy day for the queen. who had largely been out of the public eye. we have known that she has had mobility issues for some time. and the reason for the

meetings with the outgoing and incoming prime minister is at balmoral. was because of those mobility concerns for the queen. in the commons, the speaker lindsay hoyle has said that queen elizabeth is in our thoughts and prayers. let me bring in the royal commentator joining us on the line now. robert, of course this is going to cause concern. that the queen is under medical supervision about —— at balmoral. family members have been informed. , ., �* ., . , balmoral. family members have been informed. , ., ., , ,, informed. they don't normally issue bulletins on — informed. they don't normally issue bulletins on the _ informed. they don't normally issue bulletins on the queen's _ informed. they don't normally issue bulletins on the queen's health - bulletins on the queen's health unless it is significant. the last time a statement came out of the blue was to let us know earlier this

year that she had been diagnosed with covid. overall the view is that if she is not undergoing some sort of hospital, medical pursued at the knees are private matters. so clearly the fact that the palace had seen fit to put out a statement. it is grounds for concern. the fact that she is balmoral, she is more comfortable at balmoral than anywhere else. i think all of our thoughts will be with her at this time. �* , , time. and liz truss, the prime minister has _ time. and liz truss, the prime minister has said _ time. and liz truss, the prime minister has said that - time. and liz truss, the prime minister has said that the - time. and liz truss, the prime l minister has said that the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from buckingham palace. she has added my thoughts and the thoughts of people from across the united kingdom are with the queen and herfamily at united kingdom are with the queen and her family at this time. she has pulled away from the public eye, hasn't she? because of the concerns

around her mobility. but she has been absolutely central this week to what has been happening in terms of the politics and the new prime minister and the ceremony of that happening at balmoral because of the concerns around the health. yes, happening at balmoral because of the concerns around the health.— concerns around the health. yes, we are reminded — concerns around the health. yes, we are reminded that _ concerns around the health. yes, we are reminded that there _ concerns around the health. yes, we are reminded that there are - are reminded that there are absolutely essential role in the apex of our constitutional system. it is the queen there are points by ministers. she was very keen and determined to undertake that particular duty. obviously, in recent months we have seen the prince of wales taking on more and more of her regular duties. we saw for example him standing in parliament representing the commonwealth day representation. he has for several years now taking her place at remembrance sunday. little by little, he has taken on these key

roles. but that central role of appointing the prime minister which goes to the absolute heart of our monarchy, she goes to do that. it was a demanding day, because it is notjust was a demanding day, because it is not just the case was a demanding day, because it is notjust the case of was a demanding day, because it is not just the case of a was a demanding day, because it is notjust the case of a handshake and a photo. you have got saying goodbye to one prime minister, welcome another. a lot of cameras coming out. it was a big day i think clearly it has left her, as the palace are saying, under medical supervision. so i think there will be all sorts of speculation. some may think the two key things are that she is comfortable and that she is where she is happiest. star; that she is comfortable and that she is where she is happiest.— is where she is happiest. stay with us as ou is where she is happiest. stay with us as you can. _ is where she is happiest. stay with us as you can. as _ is where she is happiest. stay with us as you can, as robert _ is where she is happiest. stay with us as you can, as robert was - is where she is happiest. stay with | us as you can, as robert was saying we have had a statement from buckingham palace. it is brief. it says following further evaluation this morning the doctors are concerned for her majesty's health and have recommended that she remain

under medical supervision. the queen remained comfortable and at balmoral. we can see her here with liz truss, this was on tuesday when she met the incoming prime minister at bell moral. and liz truss has said that the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from buckingham palace this lunchtime. she says that my thoughts on the thoughts of people across the united kingdom are with her majesty the queen and herfamily kingdom are with her majesty the queen and her family at this time. and we understand the queen's immediate family members have been informed. of course, this latest announcement has raised concern about her majesty's health. she is under medical supervision at balmoral. let me bring in our health editor. what sort of assistance would be on hand at balmoral? festival, let me say it is highly

unusual to buckingham palace to make a statement like this about the queen's health. and this is something that we haven't heard before in so many words, that she is under medical supervision at balmoral. we know that she has got mobility issues and these have been the case for a while now. we know that she was unable to attend the virtual privy council meeting, even via video link. and she is 96. she is frail, and there are all sorts of possible complications around her condition. the fact that doctors are concerned and that we have had the statement from buckingham palace i think it's very significant. and obviously everyone's thoughts will be with her majesty. lets obviously everyone's thoughts will be with her majesty.— be with her ma'esty. lets take a look at the — be with her majesty. lets take a look at the twitter _ be with her majesty. lets take a look at the twitter feed - be with her majesty. lets take a look at the twitter feed of - be with her majesty. lets take a look at the twitter feed of liz i look at the twitter feed of liz truss. she has put out a message, she has been in the commons along

with mps, this is the statement that she has put out. and we do know that the immediate family members have been informed. whew, you mention that the mobility issues that we have been aware of. she has withdrawn to a large extent, from the public eye. a lot of her engagement had been carried out via the where she has appeared in good spirits but she has not been in a position to carry on being as active as she has been until quite recently. as she has been until quite recently-— as she has been until quite recentl . w ., , ., , recently. the fact that she was unable to _ recently. the fact that she was unable to or — recently. the fact that she was unable to or advise _ recently. the fact that she was unable to or advise not - recently. the fact that she was unable to or advise not to - recently. the fact that she was unable to or advise not to do l recently. the fact that she was i unable to or advise not to do that video link yesterday for the privy council, suggests that she must have been under a certain amount of discomfort. the report from

buckingham palace that we just had says that she is comfortable and at balmoral. that may be at the —— a suggestion that this is not urgent but it shows that the palaces concerned enough to put this statement out there. she had covid earlier in this year. she is 96, she is more vulnerable. that is without a doubt going to be very much playing on doctor's mines. we will have to await further updates. looking at this picture of her, that lovely smile. she had a big job to do their she does that frail. yes, she has been _ do their she does that frail. yes, she has been able _ do their she does that frail. yes, she has been able to _ do their she does that frail. yes, she has been able to attend - do their she does that frail. yes she has been able to attend some events possibly not involving too much walking or standing up. certainly people of that age develop more back problems or discomfort walking around or standing for too

long. so, engagements that she was able to attend were very much not involving too much moving around for the state opening, that was considered, she would have felt that was too much to do so didn't attend that. but we saw her during the platinum jubilee at certain events which were more manageable. clearly now, there has been a deterioration and she is very much at balmoral, medical supervision. and she is very much at balmoral, medicalsupervision. —— and she is very much at balmoral, medical supervision. —— under medical supervision. —— under medical supervision. —— under medical supervision. find medical supervision. -- under medical supervision.— medical supervision. -- under medical supervision. -- under medical supervision. and we are “ust of course bringing i medical supervision. and we are “ust of course bringing you i medical supervision. and we are “ust of course bringing you up i medical supervision. and we are just of course bringing you up to date, i of course bringing you up to date, if you are just of course bringing you up to date, if you arejustjoining us of course bringing you up to date, if you are justjoining us at home the news that we have had from buckingham palace. that statement saying that the queen is under medical supervision at balmoral after doctors became concerned for her health. this news came as mps

were gathered in the comments. we have had a statement from liz truss, the prime minister. we also understand that prince william is heading to balmoral. we know that the queen's immediate family members have been informed. we arejust hearing that the duke of cambridge is travelling to bow —— balmoral. do we know, our otherfamily members at balmoral with her? i we know, our other family members at balmoral with her?— balmoral with her? i think at the moment that _ balmoral with her? i think at the moment that is _ balmoral with her? i think at the moment that is not _ balmoral with her? i think at the moment that is not entirely - balmoral with her? i think at the l moment that is not entirely clear. she obviously received borisjohnson on tuesday, the outgoing prime minister and then liz truss arriving, and that queen invited liz truss to form a government. so she had those visits. it would have been a very tiring day. going through what she would have seen, the queen

is very important as a constitutional role appointing the leader of the largest party in the commons to form a government. and that was liz truss. and she had been very keen to do that but we do not know extent she was feeling quite frail at that point. she does look frail at that point. she does look frail in some of the images that we saw that day. in terms of family who were there and we have just heard that some are heading for balmoral. indicating a degree of concern amongst the royal family and amongst the queen's immediately family. this would be natural. the the queen's immediately family. this would be natural.— would be natural. the fact that doctors of _ would be natural. the fact that doctors of obviously _ would be natural. the fact that doctors of obviously said - would be natural. the fact that doctors of obviously said that i would be natural. the fact that - doctors of obviously said that there is concern and that she is 96, she would expect of course family members to want to go and see her. i am sure a call to family members say that doctors are concerned would have resulted in want them wanting

to be there. have resulted in want them wanting to be there-— have resulted in want them wanting to be there. have family, the prince of wales, to be there. have family, the prince of wales. the _ to be there. have family, the prince of wales, the duke _ to be there. have family, the prince of wales, the duke of _ to be there. have family, the prince of wales, the duke of cambridge i of wales, the duke of cambridge would want to be there and to hear from doctors what the situation is. what we don't know is whether any further medical treatment might be needed, possibly even going to a local hospital or going to a hospital. there is no further information about that other than the fact that she is comfortable and under supervision at balmoral in this moment. under supervision at balmoral in this moment-— under supervision at balmoral in this moment. let's bring in chris mason. this moment. let's bring in chris mason- we _ this moment. let's bring in chris mason. we are _ this moment. let's bring in chris mason. we are of _ this moment. let's bring in chris mason. we are of course - this moment. let's bring in chrisl mason. we are of course covering this moment. let's bring in chris i mason. we are of course covering a statement from buckingham palace at the queen is under medical supervision at balmoral and there has been some political reaction. there has been political reaction. you can see the faces of concern within the house of commons whilst listening to the statement that we brought you a little earlier. on energy prices from the prime minister, there were notes being handed around, the prime minister was briefed as worthy leader of the

opposition and the speaker. people shortly after that left the chamber. you can tell from the tanner and the tone and the facial expressions in there that concern that there is fear about the queen's l. since then, as you mentioned that the viewers just then, as you mentioned that the viewersjustjoining us in a statement from the prime minister saying: the whole country will be deeply concerned, my thoughts and thoughts of the people across our united kingdom are with her majesty the queen and herfamily united kingdom are with her majesty the queen and her family at this time. as we have been reflecting it as been a busy week for the monarch. her playmate crucial constitutional role in the resignation of one prime minister and the assumption of office of another. and we have also known in terms of her interactions with political leaders that they have dialled down a little bit, certainly in terms of the physical exertions of her to perform them have dialled down in recent months. for example, the weekly audience

with the queen which is one of the great privileges of being prime minister, historically is a face—to—face occasion. more recently, there was a precedent of course a covid, more recently since then has been something conducted primarily on the telephone. so there has been that resignation in the interactions of the monarch and politics here at to us minister of the queen's age and her frailty. the overall impression at westminster this lunchtime is the same as it will be around the country. one of deep concern of politicians. it'll be news that people will digesting as liz truss says, with concern. that news from buckingham palace at the queen is under medical supervision at bow —— balmoral. we also know that prince william is travelling to balmoral. in chris we

are just watching some pictures of the queen from earlier this summer on a rare outing, as you are just describing there. a lot of her work had switched to being online because of inability issues. we can see here when she was on this visit, she had the help of the stick. we were talking on tuesday, when she was at balmoral saying goodbye to boris johnson and greeting liz truss, quite how much she has seen in that 17 year reign in terms of all of the prime ministers that have been in and out of these audiences that you are describing with 15 prime ministers. pm are describing with 15 prime ministers-— ministers. an extraordinary longevity — ministers. an extraordinary longevity and _ ministers. an extraordinary longevity and long - ministers. an extraordinary longevity and long period i ministers. an extraordinary| longevity and long period of ministers. an extraordinary - longevity and long period of being plugged into prime minister briefings, that wise counsel that she could offer because of the experience that she had a prime

ministers who inevitably have been in place a much shorter periods of time that she has as monarch. and when you speak to prime ministerpast, it won't say what precisely what was said between themselves and the green but they will absolutely acknowledge the importance of them. because that was a conversation that you can have, i am sure it was a scene for the prime ministerjust the other day, when you know it is not going to leak and end up in the newspaper and you can tap into that long experience of the queen has met over the years, so many heads of state and government. whether it was state occasions at buckingham palace or summits that she is so passionate about, the commonwealth, that legacy following on from the years of empire. so here is a monarch, yes, but crucially a political figure is a monarch, yes, but crucially a politicalfigure in is a monarch, yes, but crucially a political figure in the constitution of the uk.

and chris, the absolutely key role that the queen played in all of these data events —— state events is something that has been a very important feature and not least when we look at this picture and also think about the fact that as power passed from borisjohnson through to liz truss for that short period between the two prime minister is being in office. executive power rested in the queen. she being in office. executive power rested in the queen.— being in office. executive power rested in the queen. she sits in the a ex of rested in the queen. she sits in the apex of our — rested in the queen. she sits in the apex of our constitutional _ rested in the queen. she sits in the apex of our constitutional system . apex of our constitutional system and is the bookmark, if you like for all of our big political moments and the smaller ones that oil the wheels of how the british state works. just the other day she was meant to chair what is known as the privy council,

a gathering in private is most senior political figures. a gathering in private is most senior politicalfigures. that a gathering in private is most senior political figures. that was postponed in order to give her time to rest after the meeting she had had with the outgoing and incoming prime ministers. but in a public sense her role, the role of the monarchy is absolutely central. the state opening of parliament, the queen's speech delivered by the monarch, but written by the government. that emphasis that you see on days like that of how the monarch and the broader royal household and parliament sit and work together. we saw of course in the most recent queen's speech, an example of the green taking a more backstreet approach, not being delivered by her. that recognition of her age and growing frailty. but also that desire, as illustrated very dividend the other day. we saw the photos, didn't me from bow moral and just the other day. of wanting

to be there even if her advanced years and that advanced stage of that central constitutional moment at the passage of power from one prime minister to the other. albeit ruefully, while the motorcades made their way through the countryside, that executive power line with her after the resignation of one prime minister and for the couple of minutes that it took the liz truss to arrive and be appointed as his successor. for to arrive and be appointed as his successor-— to arrive and be appointed as his successor. ., , ., , ., ., , successor. for people who are 'ust 'oinin: successor. for people who are 'ust joining — successor. for people who are 'ust joining just fl successor. for people who are 'ust joining just to i successor. for people who are 'ust joining us, just to say i successor. for people who are 'ust joining us, just to say that i successor. for people who are 'ust joining us, just to say that the h joining us, just to say that the statement from buckingham palace has said that the queen is under medical supervision at balmoral. it is understood that she is in a comfortable condition. and that members, immediate members of the family have been informed and we understand that prince william is currently now heading to balmoral.

the prime minister, liz truss has put out a message to say, her thoughts, as are the thoughts of the whole country with her majesty and have met the —— herfamily. you are watching bbc news. hello it is one o'clock, welcome to bbc news. the queen is under medical supervision after doctors became concerned for her help. buckingham palace has released a statement within the last hour. it says, following further evaluation this morning that doctors are concerned for her majesty's health and have recommended that you remain under medical supervision. the queen remains comfortable and at balmoral. medical supervision. the queen remains comfortable and at balmoral. the prime minister liz truss who was appointed by the queen at balmoral on tuesday, these are images we have from that meeting, liz traz has said the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news.