Camilla pulled out of Royal Variety show

[BuddhaofSuburbia]

Does anyone feel like we’re not being told the whole truth here? Camilla has been ill for weeks now.

Very well said, Edith

Admittedly I'm not an admirer and granted it's noticeable after the decades of the late Queen hardly cancelling anything, but that doesn't alter her health details being noine of our business

I think she was due to go to the premiere of 'Gladiator 2' last week but didn't go to it, as one of the cuttings down on her engagements. If I were her I would say that what was good for one evening performance (i.e.miss it out) is good for another. I know which of the two I'd rather miss.

What 'truth' do 'we' need to be told however?

We are not her doctors. Members of the royal family also have the right to medical confidentiality.

Here we go again. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

I hate that all the press have dropped the ‘consort’ and call her Queen

She will never be Queen

Buckingham Palace announced last year that she was to be known as The Queen, and not Queen Consort.

If she’s had what I’ve got, I don’t blame her!
I’ve barely left the house in about 12 days, very weak, coughing all the time, no appetite etc etc. I’m 60, so she’s a bit older, but this infection -whatever it is - has knocked me for six. It is certainly lingering.
I just couldn’t imagine the faff involved in having to go out in my finery, smiling, waving, making chit-chat, whilst feeling like death and desperately trying not to cough and sneeze everywhere!
I got sent home from work earlier in the week for “looking & sounding dreadful” and went straight to bed. Whatever luxury she lives in, if you’re ill, you’re ill. Hope she feels better soon.

Sorry, missed your post, but we obviously of the same thought!🌻

People with coughs have no business being at any kind of theatrical performance, however dire.

Doubt anyone cares about her health. She is not Catherine, lots of people don’t like her and she is an old woman who is an ex smoker.

How charming ....

She's not an "ex" smoker, @coldcallerbaiter - at least not when she's at Ray Mill, though probably Charles would have something to say about the fags being brought out at "home"

Does it also annoy you that the queen mother was also called Queen Elizabeth rather than Queen consort? Same for literally any other queen consort in history.

It's her title. It doesn't get changed because some people don't like her. That's a fundamental principle of a monarchy - you get what you get, like it or not.

I too would pull a sickie on that engagement if I were her.

She was Queen the instant her husband became King.

The Queen (yes, she is the queen whether you like her or not) is in her 70s and recovering from a chest infection.
I’m 42 recovering from a chest infection and cancelled on a night out last night.
I really don’t think there is any more to it than she doesn’t feel well so stayed home.

She is queen, so you'll just have to get used to it

She’s never been a grafter, the poor old bird. Can you imagine suddenly having to work - age 75?

Loving the judgy smoking remarks. So original, so interesting.

To be fair, she’s really stepped up.

I'm beginning to think there's more to this than we are being told as she's pulled out of today too. I grant you she's mid 70s but my DM is 82 - she had a 7 hour back op to insert several screws at the beginning of August and went to Cyprus in September.

Poor woman. The RF really aren’t having a good year health wise.

IcedPurple

She was Queen the instant her husband became King.

It's so odd that people can have strong opinions about the RF whilst apparently knowing next to nothing about how it works or its history.
It's like they sprang into being at around the time "The Crown" started (no coincidence, I suspect) and probably came from...umm...King Arthur, then the bad one with the nephews in a carpark, then Victoria-and-Alfred (who burnt the cakes and also invented genital piercing under the alias Albert)...

Anyway. I agree with PPs that it is all a bit worrying about the Queen; it's been a month or so now, which is a long time to be getting over a chest infection.
Hope she's okay.

I hate to be the one who tells you this - but she is Queen.

Queen is the title - Regnant or Consort the role. GB has had Queens (Consorts) from 1901 - 1952. We have only ever had 8 Queen Regnants in our history.

We will have Queen (Consorts) for the foreseeable future. Better prepare yourself, because they will also be your Queens.

Bless her. Hope she feels better soon. Chest infections can be lingering for older people.

But she literally is the queen 😄. That’s the deal with the royals - the plebs don’t get to choose!