Prince Charles says 'not quite as easy as it used to be' for 95-year-old Queen
Prince Charles has given a brief update on the Queen amid her recent health concerns.
While carrying out engagements during a royal tour in Jordan on Wednesday, the Prince of Wales told Sky News reporter Rhiannon Mills that his mother is doing "alright" following almost one month of forced rest for the monarch.
"Once you get to 95, it's not quite as easy as it used to be," Charles added.
Prince Charles has given an update on the Queen amid recent health concerns during an engagement in Jordan AP
It's the second such comment the heir-to-the-throne has made about Her Majesty in the past week.
Last Thursday after leaving an event for The Princes Trust he met with well-wishers outside.
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When one person in the crowd asked "Prince Charles, how is your mother?" he replied, "She's alright thank you," according to Hello! magazine.
It's been reported that before flying out of the UK for his current tour, Prince Charles phoned his mother to find out how she was after Her Majesty was forced to skip the Remembrance Sunday service due to a back sprain.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, walk to the Balmoral Cricket Pavilion to mark the start of the official planting season for the Queen's Green Canopy (QGC), in Balmoral, Scotland, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. AP
"The Prince of Wales made sure to check in with the Queen ahead of his departure and was completely reassured of her current condition by Her Majesty herself," a royal source told The Mirror.
Earlier on Wednesday, Her Majesty was seen conducting her first in-person engagement since October 19.
The monarch gave an audience to outgoing Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter.
The meeting in the Oak Room of Windsor Castle was captured on camera with the monarch wearing a black dress with a bright floral print across it for the meeting.
The monarch gave an audience to outgoing Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter - her first in-person engagement in almost one month Steve Parsons/PA Wire
General Sir Nicholas Carter will finish up in his role at the end of the month, after an eight-year term in the role.
"It is a long time. In fact the only person who has done longer, I'm told, is Lord Mountbatten," he told Her Majesty.
Lord Mounbatten was the uncle of her beloved husband Prince Philip and was very close with Prince Charles.
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