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By Jack Royston
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Queen Camilla has pulled out of public engagements on doctors' orders, having become "unwell with a chest infection," Buckingham Palace announced.
The 77-year-old has had to cancel a high-profile remembrance event on Thursday, but hopes to be well enough to attend Britain's main Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London this weekend.
The queen's illness comes after a turbulent year in which both King Charles III and Princess Kate were diagnosed with cancer.
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A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "Her Majesty 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, but she very much hopes to be recovered in time to attend this weekend's remembrance events as normal.
"She apologizes to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result."
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Camilla recently returned from a major tour of Australia with both highs and lows, including a high profile protest in the Australian Parliament and crowds of thousands at Sydney Opera House.
The royal couple reportedly stopped off in India on the way home for a spa break to recover.
At one stage in February, Camilla was the most senior working royal as the king was in the early stages of treatment and Kate was recovering from abdominal surgery, with Prince William also taking time out of front line duties to be by her side.
The king restricted himself to constitutional duties for a period of time, scrapping public visits in the early part of the year following his diagnosis in February.
He fulfilled some meetings at the palace, including weekly audiences with the Prime Minister and was back out in the community by the end of April with an engagement at a Macmillan cancer center.
Princess Kate's health journey has been a little more rocky and she has still not returned to a normal schedule of public visits, despite announcing in September that she had finished her course of chemotherapy.
In a video message, Kate said: "As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment.
"The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an instant, and we have had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown.
"The cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you. With humility, it also brings you face-to-face with your own vulnerabilities in a way you have never considered before and, with that, a new perspective on everything.
"This time has above all reminded [Prince] William and me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. Of simply loving and being loved. Doing what I can to stay cancer-free is now my focus."
More recently, Camilla's work spreading awareness about domestic abuse was put into the spotlight by a new documentary on U.K. network ITV titled Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors.
She described wanting to see an end to the scourge: "It is going to take a long, long time because it has been going on forever. It's been going since since time began.
"But I think if you look at the steps that we've taken since the bad old days, we have made a huge amount of progress, and I shall keep on trying until I am able to no more."
"Coercive control is almost the most frightening bit of domestic abuse," she continued. "You meet somebody, you think they're wonderful, attractive, and love you, and then bit by bit they start to undermine you.
"They take away your friends, they take away your family. They take control of your money. They start dressing you. And yet all the time I suppose people still believe they're doing it because they love them."
Jack Royston is Newsweek*'s chief royal correspondent based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on* Newsweek*'s The Royals Facebook page.*
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