Queen Camilla's Son Debunks Conspiracy Theory About the Queen's Ongoing Health Challenges
After being diagnosed with a chest infection, Queen Camilla took a break from her royal duties. However, her son, Tom Parker Bowles, provided a rare report on her health during this time.
"Most pressingly, how is your ma doing? Because she was a bit under the weather. Is she going to be in full recovery mode for silly season?" Freddy Clode questioned Parker Bowles on "The Go-To Food" podcast, per OK!.
"I think so, I think, yeah, these things go around ... these bugs," Parker Bowles quickly responded.
"I think ... she did the [Australia] tour and she caught some kind of awful bug and then before she was well again, [she] worked too hard as she's one to do," the culinary professional added, referring to his mother's tour Down Under.
Since she has stepped down from her post, there has been a lot of curiosity regarding whether or not she will be able to celebrate the holidays with the royal family.
"She's going to be able to enjoy the run into Christmas," Clode stated, to which Parker Bowles responded, "She's tough," per Yahoo!.
A royal writer named Cameron Walker asserted that Queen Camilla "tried not to cause alarm" when she disclosed the difficulties she was experiencing with her health to the press.
"In contrast to the King and the Princess of Wales announcing their cancer diagnoses, the Queen said it in a very casual way, just talking to guests inside Buckingham Palace in the last hour or so, which happened to be in earshot of the journalists accredited to cover the events," Walker told GB News.
Due to the fact that both His Majesty and the princess were diagnosed with cancer around the same time, Queen Camilla played a prominent role in the monarchy when King Charles and Princess Kate Middleton were on medical leave. Queen Camilla, on the other hand, used a different strategy when she first became ill in recent times.
"Both the Queen and her team would have known that journalists were going to be in the room," Walker said. "So I think it was deliberate that she said it in quite a casual way."
"Perhaps one reason why she said it was to show that there isn't really much cause for alarm because she can still continue with the majority of royal duties," he continued.
The ceremonies that took place on Remembrance Sunday were ignored by Queen Camilla, as was the traditional service that the royal family attends together at Christmas.
"Everybody who has gone through a similar thing to her knows that tiredness is very much an issue sometimes," Walker noted. "So that's why we're seeing these inconsistencies with the Queen on whether some engagements she can carry out and some she can not."
"She will be very much focused, I think, on looking forward to the state banquet tonight, taking part in the farewell tomorrow and continuing with other engagements throughout the week," he concluded.
Even though she was not present, Queen Camilla disclosed that she is making progress in her recovery from her illness.
"I'm obviously getting much better, bit of sort of coughing going on," the Queen said in a video on X shared by Daily Mail royal correspondent Rebecca English. "I really wanted to come."
"I'm on the mend, these things always take a bit of time to get rid of. You think you got rid of it, they just sort of hang on for a bit," Queen Camilla told writer Percival Everett in another clip. "But hopefully, I'm on the mend now. It's nice to see you again."
Netizens express their thoughts online.
An X user posted: "Glad she's doing better! Can't wait for Christmas festivities!"
Another netizen commented, "She has shown such grace under pressure; true royalty!"
A third follower wrote, "This casual update technique is new; I hope it works!"
Another person noted, "Queen could teach us all something about resilience."
A fifth netizen added humorously, "Tired? Join the club! All of us are after 2023!"
Another follower quipped sarcastically, "If only all illnesses were treated so lightly!"
Business Times has reached out to Queen Camilla for comments.
