Queen Elizabeth to miss New Year's Day church service edition.cnn.com

Queen Elizabeth will not attend a New Year's Day church service as she continues to recover from a "heavy cold," a Buckingham Palace spokesman says.

Despite her absence at church, the monarch is "up" and "working" Sunday, a royal source has told CNN. The source added that the Queen is "taking red boxes," a reference to the famous red boxes that contain government documents and other information and business pertaining to the Queen's role as head of state.

The 90-year-old monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, have been under the weather for most of holiday season, having previously delayed their traditional journey to their country home, Sandringham House, in Norfolk after falling ill before Christmas.