Queen Camilla will NOT attend Remembrance services as she continues recovery

By Matt Wilkinson

Queen Camilla will NOT attend Remembrance services as she continues recovery

QUEEN Camilla has pulled out of all Remembrance commemorations as she continues to struggle with a chest infection.

The Queen, 77, has been laid up resting this week at her home in Wiltshire on doctors' orders.

Royal medics now say she is not well enough to attend the Royal Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall tonight.

Or join the rest of the royals at the Cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday tomorrow.

But the Princess of Wales is still expected to be at both ceremonies.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said. "Following doctors' guidance to ensure a full recovery from a seasonal chest infection, and to protect others from any potential risk, Her Majesty will not attend this weekend's Remembrance events.

"While this is a source of great disappointment to The Queen, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week."

Although this is the latest royal health scare after Kate and King's cancer it is understood there is no cause for alarm or any downturn in her condition.

The Queen is understood to have wanted to attend the events but is following medical advice.

Standing around in cold weather could have affected her recovery.

She had already been forced to pull out of an appearance on Thursday at Westminster Abbey's Field of Remembrance.

Aides hope the extra few days of recovery means she can attend engagements in London next week celebrating the Booker Prize and Gladiator II premiere.

It comes just two weeks after Camilla, 77, and Charles, 75, finished their tour of Australia and Samoa.

The King and Queen stayed at a spa in India after their successful tour of Australia and Samoa.

Camilla was last seen vowing to offer her help "until I'm able to no more" after hearing stories from domestic abuse survivors in a new TV show.

Her Majesty has been working on the issue for more than a decade.

The health scare comes after both Charles and Princess of Wales have this year been treated for cancer.

It was confirmed on February 5, 2024, that King Charles has cancer after the disease was found during a prostate procedure.

The King was expected to be discharged after two nights but concern was sparked when this stay was extended.

He was eventually discharged from hospital on January 29, 2024.

The King spent around three months away from public-facing duties and returned in April with a visit to a cancer centre in London.

He had a high profile run of engagements through the next few months including D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Portsmouth and Normandy.

Other such events included Trooping the Colour, the incoming Japanese state visit, a short trip to Jersey and Guernsey, and the appointment of a new Prime Minister.

It is not currently known what type of cancer the King has.

Meanwhile Kate revealed her cancer diagnosis in March following major abdominal surgery in January.

A Kensington Palace spokesperson confirmed she started a course of preventative chemotherapy in late February.

The Duchess of Cambridge revealed she had finished chemotherapy in a family clip on September 9.

The next time Kate is due to be seen in public will be when she joins her family at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.

She also appeared at Trooping the Colour on Saturday, June 15, 2024, all while she was undergoing her cancer treatment.

The 41-year-old also rode in a carriage and waved at the crowd with Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and six-year-old Prince Louis, before watching the King's Birthday Parade.

At this event she appeared with the King, William, and other royals on Buckingham Palace balcony.

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