Queen Silvia of Sweden, 80, is forced to pull out of state visit to Singapore due to 'serious respiratory infection'

Queen Silvia of Sweden has pulled retired of her and King Carl XVI Gustaf's authorities sojourn to Singapore owed to a 'severe respiratory infection', the palace has announced.

The Swedish royal mates had planned to sojourn the land state from November 19 to November 21 - but now, lone the reigning monarch volition beryllium successful attendance.

Queen Silvia was 'looking forward' to the travel and 'regrets that she is incapable to travel The King', the palace's connection said.

It added: 'Out of information for the Singaporean hosts and the remainder of the State Visit delegation, The Queen chooses to stay successful Sweden, to not hazard exposing others to infection.'

Shared connected the Royal Household's website, the afloat connection read: 'Due to a terrible respiratory infection, HM The Queen has decided not to travel HM The King connected the State Visit to Singapore 19–21 November.

'The Queen was looking guardant to visiting Singapore and regrets that she is incapable to travel The King connected the trip. 

'However, retired of information for the Singaporean hosts and the remainder of the State Visit delegation, The Queen chooses to stay successful Sweden, to not hazard exposing others to infection.

'Her Majesty’s planned idiosyncratic parts of the State Visit programme volition beryllium carried retired by accompanying authorities caput and the First Lady of the Court.'

It comes aft Britain's Queen Camilla was forced to cancel immoderate of her nationalist engagements earlier this period aft being laid debased by a nasty thorax infection.

Last week, King Charles' wife, 77, reassured she was 'on the mend' arsenic she conducted her archetypal nationalist engagement after picking up the seasonal bug.

On November 11, Queen Silvia chopped an elegant figure successful a heavy purple outfit arsenic she attended an awards ceremonial successful Stockholm.

The royal was joined by her hubby King Carl XVI Gustaf, 78, arsenic the mates looked connected portion the winners of The Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2024 for technological achievements wrong forestry were announced.

The Swedish queen wore a stunning mauve ensemble implicit with a lace bodice for the occasion, having arrived astatine the lawsuit successful a achromatic overgarment implicit with a fur trim.

When seated successful the venue, she added a shawl successful the aforesaid shadiness to support disconnected the chill. 

Silvia, who has been joined to Carl XVI Gustaf since 1976 - 7 years earlier helium acceded to the throne - completed her regal look with 2 strings of pearls and a brace of diamond earrings. 

Her black, kitten heels were adorned with diamantes, continuing the sparkly theme. 

The mother-of-three wore her brownish hairsbreadth successful a voluminous stroke adust and kept her make-up simple, adding lone achromatic eyeliner and a slick of lipstick.  

Meanwhile, Carl XVI Gustaf, who walked down Silvia arsenic she entered the venue with Fanny Sachs - the woman of Swedish banker and industrialist Marcus Wallenberg, whose precocious begetter the prize is named aft - looked dapper successful achromatic tie.

The longest reigning monarch successful Swedish history, Carl XVI Gustaf, wore a achromatic suit on with a achromatic formal garment and achromatic bowtie. 

According to the authoritative website of The Marcus Wallenberg Prize, its intent is 'to recognise, promote and stimulate pathbreaking technological achievements which lend importantly to broadening cognition and to method improvement wrong the fields of value to forestry and wood industries.'