Queen Camilla update issued as Palace makes major announcement after health statement

An update on schedule has been issued - just a day after it was revealed she was pulling out of engagements due to a chest infection.

It was announced yesterday that including the opening of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey and a Buckingham Palace reception for Olympic and Paralympic athletes, which will be hosted by .

A senior palace aide said the Queen is currently resting at home under doctor's orders but is hoping to recover in time for this weekend's . And today, in another sign Camilla will be recovered soon, a new engagement was announced for her early next week.

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The Palace said that the Queen will host a reception at Clarence House on Tuesday for the shortlisted authors in this year's Booker Prize. During the reception, this year's chair of judges Edmund de Waal will give a short speech and Camilla will wish the shortlisted authors luck ahead of the winner announcement later that evening.

In addition, she is also set to attend the glitzy global premiere of Gladiator II next week. The King and Camilla will meet the stars of the blockbuster, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Pedro Pascal, and director Sir Ridley Scott. The royal couple will settle down to watch the screening of the highly-anticipated sequel at the Royal Film Performance in London's Leicester Square next Wednesday evening. She will also join Charles as they host a special reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the UK's television and film industry earlier in the day.

It is also hoped that she will be well enough for Saturday when members of the will attend the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, to commemorate lives lost in conflict and to celebrate the service of the armed forces.

On Sunday, the King will lead tributes at the Cenotaph in London, where the Queen and other senior royals including the Prince and would normally be expected to attend. No further details regarding her illness or treatment have been released but she will remain under doctors' supervision.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said yesterday: "Her Majesty The Queen is currently unwell with a chest infection, for which her doctors have advised a short period of rest. With great regret, Her Majesty has therefore had to withdraw from her engagements for this week but she very much hopes to be recovered in time to attend this weekend's Remembrance events as normal. She apologises to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result."

The Queen, 77, has been at the centre of royal engagements for months, after the King was first hospitalised for an enlarged prostate in January and then diagnosed with cancer some weeks later. Charles, 75, took a leave of absence from public facing royal duties, although he returned in April while still undergoing weekly treatment.

The King and Queen both completed a nine-day tour of Australia and Samoa late last month. On their return to the UK, the couple stopped in India for a luxury spa break, spending three days at the Soukya resort in Bangalore, famed for its yoga and wellness programmes and Ayurvedic treatments.

Charles and Camilla have stayed at the £3,000-a-week resort on several occasions before and are said to relish its focus on holistic wellness. The Queen also broke up the journey from London to Sydney with a short break there two weeks ago.

Last week, it was revealed that the of 2025, as sets his sights on "making up for lost time". The royal duo are planning a trip to Rome and hope to schedule an audience with the Pope at the Vatican. They will be travelling on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, representing the UK with a schedule designed to further the relationship between the two countries in a post-Brexit .

previously announced following the royals' successful tour of and Samoa that the King is set to return to a "full programme" next year. Despite his , the monarch has been given the green light by royal doctors to start planning for the future, which has given him a huge boost.