Britain's Queen Elizabeth cancelled plans to open Arsenal Football Club's new London stadium on Thursday because of a strained muscle in her back. A spokeswoman at Buckingham Palace said "there is no cause for concern" for the 80-year-old monarch, who has just returned from a three-country trip to the Baltic states. She was advised by doctors to reduce her workload for the day but she was still going ahead with audiences with ambassadors at her London residence.
The monarch had been scheduled to meet Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and captain Thierry Henry on a tour of the new Emirates stadium. Her husband Prince Philip will go ahead without her. Buckingham Palace said the normally sprightly octogenarian had suffered the back injury while staying at Balmoral, her Scottish estate.
"It has not improved during a busy two weeks of engagements," the spokeswoman added. "Doctors advised Her Majesty to reduce her workload today and will review her progress on a daily basis," she added.
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