THE QUEEN was forced to miss church yesterday as she rests from her health scare and “saves her energy” for attending the COP26 climate summit.

The 95-year-old, who rarely fails to attend church, missed out on the service at All Saints Chapel in Windsor after spending a night in hospital last week.

According to the Sun, palace insiders say she is resting up to “be at her best” to greet world leaders in Glasgow for the UN climate change summit next Monday.

The sovereign has been using a walking stick of late, and recently called off a trip to Northern Ireland on medical advice.

She was later taken into hospital in London for “preliminary investigations”.

She was admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital on Wednesday for her first overnight stay in a medical setting in eight years.

The Queen was said to be “knackered” due to a busy social life and her preference for late-night television, as well as a hectic schedule of engagements throughout October, royal sources told the Sunday Times.

Buckingham Palace kept the Queen’s stay in hospital a secret, saying on Wednesday she was resting at Windsor and in good spirits after pulling out of a Northern Ireland visit.

Aides issued a statement saying she had undergone “preliminary investigations” at the private clinic after The Sun revealed the hospital stay.

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Despite that, insiders believe the Queen is intent on attending COP26.

President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are among the leaders attending the summit.

Pope Francis was expected to attend, but has since confirmed Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Secretary of State of Vatican City, will attend instead.

Yesterday’s cancellation on doctors’ advice was the first time the Queen missed prayers at the Windsor chapel since she returned from her summer break.

Royal author Angela Levin told the Sun said: “I am delighted she did not go to church because she is perhaps ­listening and agreeing to temporarily step back.

“Going to church on a Sunday sounds just a small event but it is a very big thing for the Queen and for any woman of her age.

“She is very religious, and it is very important personally for her to go to church every Sunday.

“But she has to come out of the nice little bubble she has at ­Windsor Castle, get in and out of cars and up and down in church. It is all exhausting.

“It is very sensible to give it a miss so she can do more in the future.”

The monarch, who is head of the Church of England, is a devout Christian and regularly attends a service each week, although during the Covid crisis she opted for private prayers with a chaplain.

She is likely to have worshipped this Sunday by receiving private prayers in the tiny private chapel inside Windsor Castle, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie was christened in 2019.

Her Majesty is unlikely to be seen this week as she is under orders to carry out only light duties ahead of the conference in Glasgow.

Buckingham Palace has declined to comment.