London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Queen Camilla will miss Remembrance occasions this weekend, Buckingham Palace has stated.
Queen Camilla will not observe the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening, nor the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph on Sunday, a statement conveyed. This is while she recovers from a chest infection and to undervalue the risk to others, the palace added. “While this is a source of great dismay to The Queen, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week,” the statement stated.
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The King and the Princess of Wales are observing both events. Charles, 75, is still receiving cancer treatment but has restarted public duties. The princess, 42, has spent preventative chemotherapy following her diagnosis. This weekend will be the first time the princess has undertaken two consecutive days of official meetings since the start of the year.
It is understood there is no cause for concern for Camilla, 77, nor any downturn in her situation. Her husband and daughter-in-law have seemed to be limiting their contact with others to safeguard their health.
Camilla was pushed to pull out of other engagements earlier this week. At the time, a palace spokesperson expressed the Queen’s doctors had “advised a short period of rest”. On Friday, officials expressed the Queen’s appearance at the events would count on medical advice nearer the time.
The King, who recently returned from a tour of Australia, will lay a garland of poppies at the base of the Cenotaph on Sunday, leading the nation in honour of its fallen servicemen and women. The monarch carried out fewer arrangements than usual on his and his wife’s last tour. The palace stated this was to allow for days of rest during the King’s treatment.