UK's Queen Elizabeth misses Remembrance Day service due to back sprain

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth attends the National Service of Remembrance at The Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Britain November 8, 2020. Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Queen Elizabeth missed Sunday's Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph due to a sprained back, extending the 95-year-old monarch's absence from public life after she was ordered to rest following a stay in hospital last month.

A Buckingham Palace source said the sprain was unrelated to the unspecified ailment that caused the queen's hospital visit, calling it an "incredibly unfortunate coincidence".