Queen Elizabeth in public with walking stick for first time in 17 years
- The British monarch, 95, was last photographed using a cane after undergoing a knee operation in 2004
- The queen has generally been in good health, and her office did not give a reason for her using a stick when she attended a church service at Westminster Abbey
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Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday used a walking stick for the first time at a major public event, as she attended a church service at London’s Westminster Abbey.
The 95-year-old monarch stepped out of the car in which she was travelling with daughter Princess Anne holding a black stick – a rare sight for the record-breaking monarch.
The last time she was photographed using a stick was after undergoing a knee operation in 2004.
Her office did not give any reason for her using the walking aid on Tuesday.
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The queen – Britain’s longest-serving monarch – has generally enjoyed good health in her old age, and a brief hospital stay with a stomach bug in 2013 was her last known bout of illness.
Her husband Philip, who was formally known as the Duke of Edinburgh, died on April 9 aged 99, just weeks short of his 100th birthday and after a period of illness.
