'Disappointed' Queen to miss Remembrance events due to chest infection
The Queen will not attend this weekend's events to mark Remembrance due to ill health.
The King and members of the Royal Family will attend the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, and the parade at The Cenotaph on Sunday.
Buckingham Palace revealed earlier in the week that Camilla was resting up to try and shake off a chest inflection.
Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen's wreath will be laid on Her Majesty's behalf by an Equerry from the Royal Household.
"The Queen's wreath will bear Her Majesty's racing colours, inherited from her grandfather, and echoes the wreath of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
"The wreath bears a new ribbon in Welsh red."
The Royal Family's engagements will continue until Monday, where the Duchess of Edinburgh will attend an Armistice Service at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Following the service, the Duchess will place a wreath at the Memorial and will be invited to read an Armistice Day Service reading.
The absence of the Queen this weekend is understood to be no cause of alarm, and is a decision taken to minimise the risk of passing any last lingering infection to others.
A Palace spokesperson said: "Following doctors' guidance to ensure a full recovery from a seasonal chest infection, and to protect others from any potential risk, Her Majesty will not attend this weekend's Remembrance events.
"While this is a source of great disappointment to The Queen, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week."
The King will be accompanied to the Royal British Legion concert at the Royal Albert Hall by the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and The Duke of Kent.
The King became Patron of the Royal British Legion earlier this year.
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