Queen Elizabeth To Announce New Prime Minister At Balmoral Amid Growing Health Concerns: Report

Queen Elizabeth may appoint the future prime minister at Balmoral instead of Buckingham Palace because of health concerns, a new report claimed.

The Times reported that Boris Johnson, accompanied by Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, will go to Scotland on September 6 to meet Queen Elizabeth, in what would be a historic first.

Queen Elizabeth, who is on a ten-week vacation at the 200,000-acre Balmoral estate, has suffered from periodic mobility issues for nearly a year and spent a night in the hospital in October.

The location of the constitutional ceremony, also known as "kissing hands," will be announced the following week. An unnamed source told The Sun that Queen Elizabeth had been urged not to travel.

Questions about the health of Queen Elizabeth continue to swirl online after she missed a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral for her 70-year reign and a couple of royal engagement cancellations.

Buckingham Palace, in June, revealed that Queen Elizabeth experienced "some discomfort" during the first day of her Platinum Jubilee celebration. It, however, assured that the 96-year-old monarch would sit out of the second day's major event.

"The Queen greatly enjoyed today's Birthday Parade and Flypast but did experience some discomfort," Buckingham Palace said in a statement at the time. "Taking into account the journey and activity required to participate in tomorrow's National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, Her Majesty, with great reluctance, has concluded that she will not attend," it continued.

Queen Elizabeth rarely cancels engagements at the last minute. However, her advanced age has made it difficult for her to maintain the frantic pace of official appearances and engagements that have characterized the duration of her reign.

As she aged, Queen Elizabeth scaled back her responsibilities to concentrate on her constitutional duties as the head of the Church of England and the Head of State, including the opening of parliaments and audiences with the Prime Minister and new ambassadors to the United Kingdom.

Concerns about her health intensified when she began utilizing a walking stick for several of her engagements. However, the palace and members of the royal family have provided no indication that Queen Elizabeth's health is deteriorating.