The Queen’s plane was forced to abort landing in London on Tuesday as she travelled home from Aberdeen Airport, it has been reported.
The Monarch, 96, was travelling from Balmoral ready to join the nation’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations marking her 70 year-reign.
The Sun reports her 13-seater was caught in an electrical storm, rain and hail which forced the pilot to abandon landing on the first attempt.
Buckingham Palace issued a statement only confirming the flight had been delayed and "there were no safety concerns".
But an insider told the newspaper: “In circumstances like this you take no risks and it was right to abort landing during lightning strikes.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace said the head of state had arrived back at her Windsor Castle royal residence.
She had travelled to Balmoral on Thursday for a short break in order to pace herself ahead of the busy four-day weekend of festivities.