are all on their way including fully grandchildren, prince william, prince harry and the duchess of sussex as well. that is how deep the concern is. so often there are concerns about the queen s health. she is 96 years old. we know she s suffered from episodic mobility issues now at least since october of last year when she spent a night in hospital. but we were jerry steered away from being overly concerned about her healthoften tells us t they won t give us a rolling commentary. but right now there is rolling coverage on this news and i m not sure if you can see, but people are beginning to gather outside the gates of buckingham palace even though of course her majesty is in scotland. but i think that they are there is a waiting any further news from the palace. at this stage, that is what we re doing. we re awaiting sort of further statements from the palace. but in the meantime, we re getting statements from as you say all sorts of people.
we continue to monitor this. i d like your take on the statement that the palace put out because it says following further evaluation, the queen s doctors are concerned for her majesty s health and recommended that she remain under medical supervision. further evaluation but yet she s not going to the hospital. what does that tell you? i can only read into that as much as i think anybody else. and i think that there is not a lot of details and i think that that is by design. further evaluation, we know that she s been evaluated over some time, but now it has turned in to more of a constant medical supervision as opposed to intermittent sort of checks. so that is obviously of concern. we have some idea of her past medical history, that is known, you know, she was hospitalized for example in october of last year. but we didn t have a lot of details about that. but to your point, they told us that she was hospitalized.
decorum, dignity. they don t want to repeat anything like what we saw with diana. so huge measures will be taken for instance the announcement at buckingham palace if and when they put the notice on the door. the statement from others. it is all about ensuring everything is done right. everything is done properly. and that is the way the queen has planned it. the queen has been involved in every aspect of this. we just don t know if that is the way this is turning. it looks like it. we don t know, anderson. it is extraordinary to see the two images on the screen, on the left side the gates of buckingham palace closed and crowds gathered. on the right side of the screen the gate to balmoral castle which is a huge complex hugely important to queen elizabeth
recent months and years when there have been other concerns, sometimes overblown concerns about her health. to your knowledge and reporting, is the public face of this statement and the confirmation of family members traveling to be by her side, is that part of a plan in place to let people know how serious this is, perhaps prepare the ground? reporter: normally i don t cover it that closely, but i think that the palace doesn t usually give, you know, close-up running commentary on the status of the queen s health. so the fact that they have said that she is being spro vice sup doctors is a sign that this is serious. this is not just a little blip in her health. remember she is 96 years order and what a figure of conte new it i she s been. i was reading an article.new it i she s been. i was reading an article. the first prime minister that
covered the queen and the royal family for so many years. in other instances when there were concerns, though clearly not as deep as today s concerns about her health, i wonder when you look at these various signals here, family members traveling to her side, the bbc going into rolling coverage and not being cautioned off of these events, notes being passed of labor and conservative leaders while they were on the floor of parliament. do you think is there significance in these steps? reporter: this is very serious, very concerning. usually the palace says the queen is fine, just a few tests, nothing to worry about. but they did say that doctors are concerned and i think that it is very significant that the family are at or on their way to her bedside. really this is a very serious moment for the queen. and i think that it is very notable that she didn t meet with the council last night.