The Queen will attend the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The 95-year-old monarch was ordered to rest by royal doctors after staying overnight in hospital for tests.

Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday mark two of the most important dates in the Queen's calendar - honouring the country'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.

Buckingham 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."

The Queen will not be atttending the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on November 13.

The Queen is set to miss the General Synod

The Queen will miss her five-yearly visit to the General Synod for the first time in its 51-year history.

Buckingham Palace described how the Queen is continuing to be "mindful of her doctors’ recent advice".

In 1970 – the year the Synod replaced the Church Assembly – Her Majesty became the first sovereign to inaugurate and address the gathering in person.

Since then she has inaugurated and addressed the opening session every five years after diocesan elections.

The 2020 elections were postponed to this year due to the pandemic.

Watch the Queen's 2010 speech at the General Synod here

Buckingham Palace's statement in full reads: “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.”

What is The National Service of Remembrance?

The National Service of Remembrance has been held annually at The Cenotaph in Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday since the 1920's.

It remembers the lives and sacrifices of British and Commonwealth soldiers, sailors, airmen and women together with members of the emergency services and civilians.

Adorned with the British Legion's red poppies, the Queen will pay tribute alongside members of the cabinet, opposition party leaders, former Prime Ministers, the Mayor of London and other representatives. 

There will be wreaths laid by other representatives of the armed forces, fishing fleets and merchant air and navy as well as faith communities and high commissioners of Commonwealth countries.