Camilla cancels visit to the West Midlands due to illness

On Tuesday, Camilla was set to visit Elmhurst Ballet School in Edgbaston, Birmingham to celebrate its centenary.

She was also due to visit a library in Telford to thank staff and representatives from outreach and voluntary groups for their contribution to the community later that day.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the Queen Consort was suffering from a “seasonal illness” but it was hoped that a new date could soon be scheduled for the events.

Camilla who has contracted a seasonal illness is hoping to be well enough to attend an event on Wednesday. (Image: Finnbarr Webster/PA)

With a busy week of engagements ahead, Camilla hopes to be well enough to attend an engagement on Wednesday, the spokesman said.

On Wednesday, Camilla, joined by King Charles III, is due to host a Clarence House reception to celebrate the second anniversary of her online book club The Reading Room with authors and members of literacy charities.

A reception at Milton Keynes to celebrate the metropolis being awarded city status as part of the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations is scheduled on Thursday with Camilla and the King scheduled to attend.

Camilla with actor John Simm during an event publicising her Reading Room. The Queen Consort hopes to attend an event on Wednesday celebrating her project (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA)

This isn’t the first time the Queen Consort has had to cancel engagements due to illness as she caught Covid early last year and had to cancel her appearance at a number of events in the aftermath of the illness.

The Princess Royal deputised for Camilla at the Cheltenham festival last March, as she was pacing herself after overcoming the virus. She also missed a Commonwealth event.