For
the first time in 40 years, Queen Elizabeth II will skip this year’s
Commonwealth summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka and instead her son Prince
Charles will attend the biennial event. This will be the first time
since 1973, the 87-year-old Queen to miss the Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) due to long-haul travel.
"The
Queen will be represented at this year's Commonwealth heads of
government meeting (CHOGM) by the Prince of Wales," her Buckingham
Palace residence said in a brief statement. "We are reviewing the amount of long-haul travel that is taken by the Queen."
The
statement added that the decision was unrelated to the controversy over
Sri Lanka's human rights record, which has prompted Canada to threaten
to boycott the meeting.
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