The 95-year-old monarch is expected to spend the weekend at her Norfolk estate of Sandringham as she continues to recuperate after doctors advised her to cancel all official visits.
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Aotearoa's increasing inequality, spurred on by issues like the housing crisis, were part of what drove Judge Frances Eivers to become the new Children's Commissioner.
The Queen, 95, will miss the traditional Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on November 13, but has vowed to attend the service at the Cenotaph the following day.
Her Majesty beamed as she virtually presented English poet David Constantine - who was at Buckingham Palace - with The Queen s Gold Medal for Poetry this afternoon.