Queen pulls out of engagements after falling ill with chest infection

The Queen is unwell with a thorax corruption and has withdrawn from her engagements this week, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Camilla, 77, who has not agelong returned from a engaged authoritative overseas circuit to Australia and Samoa, is understood to beryllium resting astatine home.

The update comes aft a twelvemonth of hard wellness troubles for the royal family, with some the King and the Princess of Wales being diagnosed with cancer.

A Palace spokesperson said: “Her Majesty The Queen is presently unwell with a thorax infection, for which her doctors person advised a abbreviated play of rest.

“With large regret, Her Majesty has truthful had to retreat from her engagements for this week but she precise overmuch hopes to beryllium recovered successful clip to be this weekend’s Remembrance events arsenic normal.

“She apologises to each those who whitethorn beryllium inconvenienced oregon disappointed arsenic a result.”

The Duchess of Gloucester has stepped successful to be the yearly opening of the Field of Remembrance astatine Westminster Abbey connected Thursday connected the Queen’s behalf.

Camilla has besides pulled retired of attending the Buckingham Palace reception for Olympic and Paralympic athletes hosted by the King the aforesaid evening.

No further details regarding her unwellness oregon attraction person been released, but she is understood to beryllium being cared for nether doctors’ supervision.