Queen leads lighting of jubilee beacons but will miss St Paul’s service

Monarch attended event at Windsor Castle after pulling out of Friday’s thanksgiving ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral

The Queen symbolically led the lighting of thousands of platinum jubilee beacons as it was announced she would no longer be attending the national service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral after experiencing “some discomfort” during trooping the colour.

Buckingham Palace said the monarch, 96, was missing the service on Friday “with great reluctance” having experienced episodic mobility problems throughout the day on Thursday at the start of her jubilee celebrations.

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