Queen Camilla, the wife of Charles III, suffers from a lung infection and had to give up her engagements this week, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday.
Camilla, aged 77 and crowned in May 2023, “is currently suffering from a lung infection, for which his doctors have advised him to take a short period of rest“, said a palace spokesperson.
The queen “therefore had to cancel her commitments this week, but she really hopes to be recovered in time to attend” at ceremonies this weekend commemorating the First World War and paying tribute to British soldiers killed in conflicts.
She will be absent from a ceremony which was planned for Thursday at Westminster Abbey. She also backed out of a reception for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes due to take place in Buckingham on Thursday evening.
The palace did not provide further information on the severity of his illness. According to British media, the queen is under the supervision of doctors.
Charles III and Camilla, who married in 2005, returned at the end of October from a tour of the Pacific which took them to Australia and Samoa. They stopped in India for a private tour on the way home.
The king, aged 75, announced at the start of the year that he was suffering from cancer, the nature of which has not been revealed. Princess Kate, the wife of Crown Prince William, for her part revealed on September 9 that she had finished her chemotherapy.
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