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"Queen Elizabeth II will miss the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting for the first time since 1973, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Prince Charles will represent the Queen at the biennial summit in Sri Lanka this November, as the palace confirmed that it is evaluating how much international travel the 87-year-old monarch commits to.  &amp;quot;I can confirm that the Queen will be represented by the Prince of Wales [in Sri Lanka],&amp;quot; said a Buckingham Palace spokesperson. &amp;quot;The reason is that we are reviewing the amount of long-haul travel that is taken by the Queen. &amp;quot;As a result of that, she won&amp;#039;t be travelling to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) later this year.&amp;quot; The palace also denied suggestions that the Queen&amp;#039;s absence was for political reasons, adding: &amp;quot;It is nothing to do with the political situation in Sri Lanka. The key point here is that the Queen will be represented, although she is not there in person, by the Prince of Wales.&amp;quot; Human rights groups are campaigning for a boycott of the summit, or its relocation to a different country, and have also called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses during the last few months of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The Queen cancelled engagements in March following her admission to hospital with a stomach bug. The Queen meets celebrities and world leaders - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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