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Camilla Skips ‘Gladiator’ Premiere Due to Illness

Chest infection laid the queen low this weekend but she is returning to some duties.

Is Queen Camilla not entertained? Buckingham Palace has said today that the queen, who is recovering from what sources described as “a nasty bug,” is not going to sit through a special screening of the new Gladiator film, Ridley Scott‘s remake of his 2000 epic, which has received decidedly mixed reviews (though the Daily Beast loved it). Palace sources said Camilla, who missed key veterans’ day engagements this weekend, would return to public duties this week, but that there would be “some small adjustments” including a shortening of engagements to “protect and prioritize her continued recovery.” They added she will not attend the Gladiator II London premiere, but that King Charles would do so as planned. The palace has emphasized there is no cause for concern around Camilla’s wider health.