Camilla cancels royal engagement in the West Midlands due to ‘seasonal illness’

The queen consort postponed a royal engagement in the West Midlands tomorrow after ‘contracting a seasonal illness’, Buckingham Palace announced.

Camilla was due to visit Elmhurst Ballet School in Edgbaston, Birmingham to celebrate its centenary and then visit a library in Telford to thank the staff and representatives of voluntary groups for their contribution to the community.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the queen consort was suffering from a “seasonal illness” but it was hoped a new date could be found for the events soon.

Camilla, 75, has a busy week ahead of her and the spokesperson said she hoped to feel well enough to get engaged on Wednesday.

His last public appearance was on February 9, when he visited a center for victims of domestic violence in Battersea, south London.

It is not the first time that the queen consort has been forced to withdraw from an engagement due to illness.

Last year, the then Duchess of Cornwall canceled a visit to the Cheltenham Festival, just a week after revealing that her health was being affected by a second outbreak of covid.

He was due to attend the second day of the four-day race but was thought to still be suffering from a “mild cough” after testing positive for the virus.

Meanwhile, in 2019, Camilla had to withdraw from a remembrance service at Westminster Abbey due to a chest infection.

She was due to attend with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but her doctor told her to cancel her engagements due to a chest infection.

King Charles’s wife was also forced to withdraw from a gala dinner to mark the 200th anniversary of Prince Albert’s birth on medical advice.

Camilla was supposed to have attended the London Library gala dinner, but the event in central London took place without her royal deputy patron.

His illness also comes after a busy spell in which he took part in a number of engagements in London.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the Queen Consort (pictured with King Charles in Brick Lane, east London, on Wednesday, February 8) was suffering from a “seasonal illness” but a new one was expected soon. date for postponed events.

On Thursday of last week, the Queen Consort visited the STORM (Support, Trust, Opportunity, Reconstruction and Motivation) family center, where she met with volunteers and locals to mark the organization’s 19th anniversary.

It was founded in 2005 by local women to help each other recover from difficult situations and abusive relationships.

Camilla, who condemned a ‘pandemic’ of violence against women in the UK last December, seemed eager to learn more about the centre’s initiatives.

And on Wednesday, he joined the King to visit Brick Lane in east London.

Camilla’s illness comes after a busy period for the queen consort, who took part in a series of engagements in London last week (pictured Thursday on STORM with, from left, the Bishop of Dover, the founder Mobo Music Award Winner, Kanya King, and STORM Executive Director). Mary Hanson)

The royals met with leaders of London’s Bangladeshi community, visiting charities and businesses.

They also saluted people who were active in the anti-racism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

The king and queen consort were greeted by dancers in traditional clothing carrying baskets of flowers as they walked down the historic east London street.