The Queen will miss the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph on Sunday, Buckingham Palace has confirmed (Picture: REX)
Queen Camilla will not be attending the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph.
She will also miss out on the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall this evening.
A Palace spokesperson 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.’
Her condition has not worsened but it is understood that she does not want to pass on the chest infection to anybody else.
Camilla’s doctors have also erred on the side of caution because it would involve her standing outside for a prolonged period in unpredictable weather which would set back a full recovery.
Meanwhile the Princess of Wales, who is recovering from cancer and the King, who is still having ongoing treatment for cancer, are both attending the Remembrance events.
It was announced that Camilla was unwell on Tuesday with a chest infection.
Camilla was diagnosed with a chest infection last week (Picture: Shutterstock)
She was scheduled to attend the annual opening of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday.
She also pulled out of the Buckingham Palace reception for Olympic and Paralympic athletes hosted by the King.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said at the time: ‘Her Majesty The Queen is currently unwell with a chest infection, for which her doctors have advised a short period of rest.
‘With great regret, Her Majesty has therefore had to withdraw from her engagements for this week but she very much hopes to be recovered in time to attend this weekend’s Remembrance events as normal.
‘She apologises to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result.’
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While she is under doctor’s supervision, the palace has remained tight-lipped about any further details.
The Duchess of Gloucester has stepped in to attend the Field of Remembrance opening at Westminster Abbey this week so it is believed she will do the same this weekend.
The Duchess, Birgitte, is the wife of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Duke of Gloucester who is a full-time working member of the royal family.
Birgitte, 78, who was born in Denmark, married into the Windsor family after meeting Prince Richard in the late 1960s while studying at Cambridge University.
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