KEY POINTS

  • Queen Elizabeth will always be accompanied by a senior royal in all of her future public appearances, a report says
  • This would give the Queen the chance to rest if needed without letting people down in the event of another health scare
  • The Queen is already back on light duties from home after spending a night in a hospital last week

Queen Elizabeth II will be accompanied by one of her children or grandchildren in official events moving forward — to make sure another senior royal can take over in the event of future health scares, a report says.

The monarch, 95, had to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland last week in order to spend a night in a London hospital Wednesday for "preliminary tests" on unspecified health issues.

The Queen was back on "light duties" from home in Windsor Castle a day after her hospitalization, but the royal family has begun working on a new model to ensure that she is always accompanied by a senior royal, such as her son Prince Charles and his wife Duchess Camilla, in future public engagements, The Telegraph reported.

With the new arrangement, Queen Elizabeth would get the chance to rest if needed without disappointing the public with a complete royal no-show, according to the outlet.

Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, and his wife Kate Middleton are "both keen to provide any support they can," an unnamed source told the outlet.

"If there is any way they can support Her Majesty on her engagements, they will," the insider added.

The monarch did not attend a church service Sunday. Her attendance at other upcoming events remains uncertain as doctors have ordered her to rest, The Times of London reported.

But an unnamed source told U.K.'s The Times that "it's not uncommon for Her Majesty to be accompanied by family members."

Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the Telegraph's report about the new plan.

The palace did not disclose what the "preliminary tests" were for, but it was confirmed that her overnight stay in the hospital was not related to COVID-19 and instead was said to be for practical reasons, the BBC reported.

A palace spokesman said in a statement Wednesday that the Queen had "reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days." She was reportedly disappointed that she had to cancel her planned trip that day.

Royal biographer and commentator Angela Levin, author of "Harry: A Biography of a Prince," recently weighed in on the Queen's health scare, telling talkRADIO that it is high time for the monarch to slow down with her royal duties due to her age.

"We've got to encourage her to take a step back or sideways or something and to allow her body to recover from the engagement that she does," Levin said. "I think that it's a fight between her head and her body because she wants to do it, she feels she can."

Buckingham Palace was forced to disclose Queen Elizabeth II had stayed overnight in hospital after The Sun newspaper broke the story
Buckingham Palace was forced to disclose Queen Elizabeth II had stayed overnight in hospital after The Sun newspaper broke the story AFP / Geoff Caddick