The Queen has postponed a meeting of her Privy Council advisers after being advised by her medical team to rest.
It comes a day after she was photographed for the first time in two months when appointing Conservative leader Liz Truss as Britain's new Prime Minister at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
"After a full day yesterday, Her Majesty has this afternoon accepted doctors' advice to rest, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said.