Queen Elizabeth hospitalized

… Spends second day in clinic

The Queen is spending a second day in hospital where she is being assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis.
She was taken to London’s King Edward VII’s Hospital from Windsor Castle, where she had been resting, on Sunday – her first hospital stay in 10 years.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen, 86, had been admitted as a precaution and was otherwise in “good health.”
All official engagements for this week, including the Queen’s trip to Rome, will be either cancelled or postponed.
News of her illness first emerged on Friday night and she cancelled a trip to Swansea on Saturday to mark St. David’s Day in a military ceremony.
However, earlier on Sunday she had carried out a private medal presentation at Windsor Castle.
A spokesman for the Queen said she was in “good spirits.”
“This is a precautionary measure,” he said.
“She was not taken into hospital immediately after feeling the symptoms. This is simply to enable doctors to better assess her.”
The Queen is expected to remain in hospital under observation for about two days.
BBC reports that there were unlikely to be regular updates issued about her condition, but there was nothing to suggest she would not make a full recovery.
There was no sense of alarm from palace officials about the events, the report says.