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LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth II canceled a visit to Wales Saturday after she came down with gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says. The 86-year-old British monarch was due to present leeks to members of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh to mark St. David's Day, the BBC reported.
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Instead, she will spend the weekend at Windsor Castle, where she will be "assessed in the coming days," a palace spokesman said.
It would have been her first time to present leeks, a symbol of Wales' patron saint, to the reserve force of the regiment at a parade in Swansea, CNN reported.
Byron Lewis, the Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, made the presentation instead.
The queen's illness could affect a planned two-day trip with Prince Philip to Rome next weekend where she is scheduled to meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
