Buckingham Palace announced Friday that the 96-year-old monarch will not attend Saturday’s

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Epsom Derby amid her health issues.

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This will be only the third time over the course of the Queen’s unprecedented 70-year

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reign that she has missed the horse race in Surrey, England.

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Rather than make her way to the ceremony, she will watch the event

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on television from Windsor Castle, the palace told the BBC.

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The Queen previously canceled her scheduled appearance at Friday’s National Service of

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since she pulled out of her planned Epsom Derby appearance.

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Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, citing the “discomfort” 

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she felt during her Trooping the Colour birthday parade Thursday afternoon.

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