Queen Camilla downplays health concerns with low-key revelation

Queen Camilla casually talked of her illness with guests at Buckingham Palace that she was recently diagnosed with pneumonia.

According to a Royal expert, the Queen Consort made a deliberate move to “downplay concerns” about her health as she “tried not to cause alarm.”

Speaking with GB News, Royal correspondent Cameron Walker suggested that Queen is managing her condition and able to continue with most royal duties which is why she did not release a proper health update.

"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,” he said.

The expert added, "Both the Queen and her team would have known that journalists were going to be in the room. 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.

"Everybody who has gone through a similar thing to her knows that tiredness is very much an issue sometimes.

"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."