CAMILLA Parker Bowles has been forced to pull out of the Field of Remembrance service today after falling ill with a chest infection.
The Duchess of Cornwall, 72, had been expected to join Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Westminster Abbey, but was told by her doctor to cancel.
A Clarence House spokesperson said: “The Duchess of Cornwall has been told by her doctor to cancel her engagements owing to a chest infection which has got progressively worse over the last few days.
“She will therefore not be at todays event with Harry and Meghan.”
It is understood she was “deeply disappointed” not to be able to attend today’s event – but was determined to be well enough for the weekend’s Remembrance engagements.
Camilla, patron of the Poppy Factory, also missed an event last night in London due to the infection.
It comes after she joined husband Prince Charles in a visit to Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market in London yesterday.
Today, Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, will view the plots of tiny crosses erected by regiments, military units and other organisations associated with the First World War and other conflicts.
They are also expected to lay a cross of Remembrance and hold a two-minute silence after the Last Post has sounded.
It is one of the first engagements for the Royal Family ahead of Remembrance Day on November 11.
Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, will this weekend join Prince William and Kate Middleton to attend the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
And on Sunday, the family is expected to attend the annual service and wreath laying at the Cenotaph.
The weekend’s events will be the first time the Sussex and Cambridges will publicly attend an event together since this year’s Trooping the Colour.
It comes after the Queen yesterday helped to pitch in asshe visited the Royal British Legion Industries ahead of Remembrance Day.
Meanwhile, Kate Middleton and Prince William headed to St-Martin-in-the-Fields to meet with survivors of the Grenfell fire tragedy and Westminster Bridge terror attack.
And the Sussexes released adorable footage of them meeting with military families – giving out high-fives.
