Queen pulls out of Royal Variety show as chest infection 'lingers'

Queen Camilla volition miss the Royal Variety Performance connected Friday, pursuing "lingering post-viral" symptoms from a caller thorax infection.

Buckingham Palace said doctors person advised the Queen - who is 77 - to prioritise remainder arsenic she continues to retrieve from her corruption that resulted successful her pulling retired from galore scheduled events including Remembrance Sunday.

She returned to nationalist duties past week, but is understood to inactive beryllium nether the upwind aft a engaged week of engagements.

On Wednesday the Queen appeared astatine an lawsuit astatine the University of London, wherever she was presented with an honorary doctorate of lit by Princess Anne.

A Palace root said the Queen is disappointed to beryllium missing the yearly lawsuit astatine the Royal Albert Hall successful London, but that "is a large believer that 'the amusement indispensable spell on'".

"She hopes to beryllium backmost to afloat spot and regular nationalist duties precise soon," the root added.

King Charles III volition be the amusement arsenic planned.

The Queen's instrumentality to nationalist duties had been adjusted to debar immoderate setback to her recovery.

Other events she attended this past week see a reception she hosted astatine Clarence House for authors shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, and a Buckingham Palace reception to observe the TV and movie industry.

Both engagements were shorter than primitively planned.

The Queen's thorax corruption came conscionable nether a week aft returning from a travel to Australia and Samoa with the King. The travel included a stopover successful India connected the mode back.

Announcing the corruption earlier this month, Buckingham Palace said: "Her Majesty The Queen is presently unwell with a thorax infection, for which her doctors person advised a abbreviated play of rest."

It said she had cancelled her engagements "with large regret".

The Queen antecedently missed a week of engagements with sick wellness successful February 2023, erstwhile she tested affirmative for Covid. It was the 2nd clip she contracted the virus, having antecedently had it the twelvemonth before.