Queen Camilla Cancels Outing toGladiator IIPremiere as She Returns to Work After Chest Infection

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Camilla (R) talks with Charlotte Wood during a reception for The Booker Prize Foundation at Clarence House on Nov. 12, 2024 in London, England.Photo:Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty

Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty

Queen Camillais returning to public duties — but she will skip a night at the movies withKing Charles.

The Queen, 77, who has been suffering from a seasonal chest infection, came back to London on Nov. 12 to fulfill a diary date with the finalists of the literary Booker Prize.

Despite this, Buckingham Palace said she will not join her husband Charles on the red carpet ofThe Gladiator IIfilm premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 13. PEOPLE understands that this is as a precaution and to lighten any strain on her as she gently returns to public-facing work.

Camilla, who was taken ill in the days after returning from a tour to Australia and Samoa, hasbeen recovering at homein Wiltshire, western England.

To her regret shemissed the commemorationsonRemembrance weekendof Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 — pulling out as she didn’t want to pass on any lingering infection to others or set back her own recovery.

“While this is a source of great disappointment to The Queen, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week,” a palace spokesman said at the time.

(L-R) Yael van der Wouden, Rachel Kushner, Anne Michaels, Queen Camilla, Charlotte Wood, Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey pose during a reception for The Booker Prize Foundation at Clarence House on Nov. 12, 2024 in London, England.Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty

Her engagement on Tuesday, Nov. 12 is taking place at her London home, Clarence House, where she is set to meet the finalists of the prestigious Booker Prize and pose for a group photograph. The engagement is being curtailed slightly to account for her gradual return. Camilla is a big supporter of the literary world and of efforts to encourage reading and literacy.

Queen Camilla (R) talks with Rachel Kushner during a reception for The Booker Prize Foundation at Clarence House on Nov. 12, 2024 in London, England.Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty

On show at the reception will be a number of costumes and items from movies includingTitanic(1997),Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003), and the lateMaggie Smith’s costume fromEvil Under The Sun(1982).

King Charles attended the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Nov. 10, 2024 without Camilla.Samir Hussein/WireImage

Samir Hussein/WireImage

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In the evening, Charles will step out without his wife at the premiere ofGladiator II, which is being hosted in honor of the charity as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations. Camilla had originally been scheduled to be with him at London’s Leicester Square.

It is not thought to have been a serious illness, or cause for concern, but royal doctors have advised that the aides find ways of managing her return to duty after the infection, so what has been described as pragmatic adjustments have been made to her program this week.

source: people.com