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Queen Camilla shares health update. The Queen withdrew from royal duties last week after contracting a chest infection but made a return to the public eye on Tuesday at an event where she shared news about her health. ”I'm obviously getting much better, bit of sort of coughing going on. I really wanted to come.” The event, a reception for The Booker Prize Foundation held at King Charles II and Camilla's residence, saw the queen meet with a number of authors shortlisted for the 2024 prize. ”I'm on the mend, these things always take a bit of time to get rid of," she could be heard telling American author Percival Everett. ”You think you got rid of it, they just sort of hang on for a bit. But hopefully, I'm on the mend now.” A staunch champion of literacy initiatives, Camilla is a patron for England's National Literacy Trust, Book Trust, First Story, the Wicked Young Writer Awards and Beanstalk. Last week, she stepped aside from her usual duties on doctor's orders, with a royal correspondant stating: ”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.”
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