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Dayna McAlpine

Queen won't attend Easter Sunday church service with royals following health issues

The Royal Family's annual Easter Sunday church service will not be attended by the Queen this weekend, the Mirror reports.

The Royal Family usually attend the St George's Chapel in Windsor each year for Easter Sunday, and today it was confirmed that members would be at the service on Sunday as usual.

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However, the monarch, who turns 96 next week, is not believed to be among them.

Royal sources have confirmed to the Mirror that Her Majesty has been suffering from mobility problems in recent months and feels she can not commit to the service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor this weekend.

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It comes after she also pulled out of attending today's traditional Royal Maundy Service, which is also being held at St George's Chapel.

The annual event is an important fixture in the royal calendar and will instead see Prince Charles follow the ancient tradition of distributing Maundy money to community stalwarts - with the number of 96 men and 96 women being representative of the Queen's birthday of that year - for the first time.

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