There are very strict rules for the royal family.
From how they can dress to theline of succession, rules are broken down extremely specifically.
The same is said for the royal family’s job duties.
They all have acertain numbers of events to attendto and appearances to make throughout the year.
Seeing as the Queen is head of the Commonwealth, it’s a big event for her.
However, this year, it will be Prince Charles who leads the service.
What makes this even more odd is thatBuckingham Palacedidn’t give a reason for her not being there.
The first is that it is an extremely important event for the royal family.
As mentioned above, Queen Elizabeth is the head of theCommonwealthand normally gives a reading at the service.
She was put on “light duties” during her recovery.
The Commonwealth Day Service was set to be her first in-person engagement since 2021 (via Royal Central).
