5 days Ago By Sophia Papamavroudi
The Duchess of Gloucester stepped out in London today to represent Queen Camilla at a major royal event after the King's wife pulled out of her engagements this week due to a chest infection. Birgitte attended the 96th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey this morning and laid a Remembrance cross ahead of Armistice Day this coming Monday. She stunned in a structured brown coat which she paired with a black hat, black gloves and a pair of black boots.
Camilla attended the annual Field of Remembrance for the last four years in a row, however, this time she was advised by doctors to stay home and fully recover. The Field of Remembrance has been held every year since 1928 and it's organised by the Poppy Factory to remember those who lost their lives while serving in the Armed Forces. It comes as Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday that Camilla, who recently returned from a busy long-haul tour to Australia and Samoa and a luxury spa break in India, was unwell with a chest infection.
They said she would miss the opening of the Field of Remembrance and a reception for Olympic and Paralympic athletes on the same day while she recovers. However, the Queen's recovery seems to be going well as on Wednesday, the Palace released a new statement which said that she is expected to join King Charles at the glitzy global premiere of Gladiator II next week. Next week's newly announced engagements for Camilla, which also include a Booker Prize reception at Clarence House on Tuesday, will raise hopes she can attend this weekend's Remembrance events.
The Queen, who is resting at her Wiltshire home Ray Mill, is hoping to be able to go to the annual Festival of Remembrance on Saturday evening at the Royal Albert Hall, and the poignant national Remembrance service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on Sunday..
