Queen latest: When is Elizabeth II set to appear in public next after ill health?
THE QUEEN has resumed her royal duties at home as she continues to recover from a heavy cold over Christmas. But when will she appear in public next?
Elizabeth II is said to be up and about and dealing with her red royal boxes of official papers at Sandringham where she spent Christmas.
The Queen has also been well enough to invest Ray Wheaton, her loyal Queen’s Page of the Chamber, with the insignia of the Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.
A Buckingham Palaces spokeswoman yesterday confirmed that the Queen is continuing to recuperate - to the relief of Britons across the country.
The people of Britain have wished their beloved monarch a speedy recovery and are looking forward to seeing the Queen in public once again.
It is not yet known when the Queen will appear in public next because she does not have any public engagements scheduled until February.
But there is a chance that the monarch could go to church in Sandringham this Sunday after missing the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day services.
The Queen was unable to attend the Christmas and New Year services because she fell ill with a heavy cold more than a fortnight ago.
After the festive period each year, the monarch usually stays on holiday at her Norfolk estate of Sandringham until about mid-February.
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According to tradition, the Queen normally remains in Sandringham until after the anniversary of her accession to the throne on February 6.
This year’s accession day marks her 65th - or blue sapphire - anniversary as Queen. She ascended to the throne when her father George VI died in 1952.
Buckingham Palace has not yet announced how the Queen plans to mark the occasion and will reveal more official engagements in due course.
The Queen likes to spend accession day in quiet contemplation, thinking about her father, and only marks major anniversaries in public.
She normally visits RAF Marham in Norfolk and perhaps a hospice, hospital or school near Sandringham in early February.
The last footage of the Queen was taken on December 14 when she recorded her annual Christmas Day message in the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace.
The monarch also met the Archbishop of Canterbury at Buckingham Palace on December 15 but no photographs were taken of the audience.
There are no photographs of several other private and internal functions, culminating in the Royal Family's pre-Christmas lunch at the Palace on December 20.
Princess Anne has a busy schedule of official engagements this month, while Prince William is due to visit Centrepoint charity hostel in London on January 10.