Moore was taken to a hospital on Sunday due to breathing problems after being treated for pneumonia for the past few weeks, his daughter said, adding that he was not in intensive care.
“The medical care he has received over the past few weeks has been remarkable and we know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do everything in their power to make him comfortable and hopefully return as soon as possible,” she said. said.
According to PA Media, Moore was accompanied to the knight’s ceremony in July by his daughter, son-in-law Colin Ingram, grandson Benji and granddaughter Georgia.
“I could never have imagined that this would happen to me. It is such a great honor and I am very much looking forward to meeting Her Majesty the Queen,” he said at the time. “These are going to be the most special days for me.”
“If I kneel down, I will never get up again,” he added as he left his home for Windsor Castle.
Moore, who rose to the rank of captain during his military career, was promoted to honorary colonel in recognition of his efforts.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally recommended to the Queen that Moore be honored, according to a Downing Street press release at the time.
“Colonel Tom’s fantastic fundraising broke records, inspired the whole country and gave us all a beacon of light through the mist of the coronavirus,” Johnson said in the release.