but when it comes to the family that live in the palace behind my here, attitudes are still incredibly conservative, and a surprisingly large number ofjapanese people appear to have looked at mr komuro and his family background and decided he isjust not suitable to marry a princess. but such attitudes could be driving the japanese imperialfamily towards extinction. princess mako s departure today leaves the family withjust 17 members only four of whom are male. let s just recap the news that s broken this evening. the queen will not be attending the cop26 climate summit. in a statement, queen elizabeth said she d regretfully decided not to attend an evening reception scheduled at the glasgow event next monday. the queen, who s 95, recently spent a night in hospital, and was advised by doctors to rest, although she s since resumed light duties at windsor castle.