HARLOW: First, she had to miss a Christmas church service and now a New Year's service. Queen Elizabeth has been noticeably absent at both. The 90-year-old monarch staying at home because of a very bad cold. But a source close to the Queen says she is up and working. Our Phil Black has more.</s>PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A nasty, persistent cold, but nothing to worry about that. That's what we've been told about the Queen's health after she missed the traditional New Year's Day church service. Other royals did attend including Prince Philip, her husband, he was also struck down by a cold around the same time, but he appears to have bounced back. While the Queen is still recovering after almost two weeks indoors, out of sight, the same cold, of course, forced her to miss the Christmas Day church service. These absences are not insignificant. She is the head, the titular head at least, of the Church of the England, something she takes very seriously. So we can only assume she has been feeling terrible. But her advisers at Buckingham Palace are going out of their way to tell journalists that the 90-year-old monarch is doing OK. They're stressing that she is still in residence at the Sandringham Estate. She hasn't been moved medical or any other reasons. And they say she is up and about, and they stressed she's working and still receiving the documents, the briefing papers that she has to stay on top of, as part of her official role as Britain's head of state. Now they're doing this to ensure there isn't any unnecessary speculations or perhaps exaggerated concern about the Queen's health. They want everyone to know that it's just an awful cold, but she is battling through it. Phil Black, CNN, London.</s>HARLOW: Phil, thank you so much for that update. Coming up next, the president-elect set to meet with the heads of the major U.S. intel agencies this week. This as the Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on those cyber attacks. Much more on what we can expect this week as Washington gets back to work. You're live in the CNN NEWSROOM.
Queen Misses New Year's Service