Queen Camilla, the wife of Britain’s King Charles III, has withdrawn from two scheduled engagements this week after contracting a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. The news, which comes after the couple returned from a royal tour in Australia and Samoa last month, means the queen will not attend two events on Thursday, including one at Westminster Abbey. In a statement, the palace said that 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.”The queen “apologizes to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result” of the cancellations, the palace said. She is currently resting at home under medical supervision.
