Buckingham Palace has announced that the Queen is not well.
Prince Charles, Camilla and Prince William are currently travelling to Balmoral, Clarence House has said.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “Following further evaluation this morning, The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision.
"The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
The new Prime Minister Liz Truss tweeted: The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime.
"My thoughts - and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom - are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time."
The Queen, 96, met Ms Truss at Balmoral on Tuesday to appoint her as the new prime minister.
Here are some of the things that will happen when the Queen dies:
- The Queen's Private Secretary will be the first official to convey the news.
- The media will be informed via an announcement to the Press Association and the BBC through a radio alert transmission known as 'RATS'
- Buckingham Palace will have a notice outside which will symbolise The Queen’s passing. It will also be on the palace website.
- Parliament will be recalled.
- If the Queen dies at Windsor Castle or Sandringham House, her coffin will be moved by car to Buckingham Palace within a couple of days.
- The day after the Queen's death, the Accession Council will meet at St James's Palace to proclaim the new monarch
- The Queen’s funeral day would become a national holiday, along with Prince Charles’ coronation as King.
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