Queen pulls out of more public engagements due to illness

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The Telegraph-12 March 2013- by Gordon Rayner

Queen pulls out of more public engagements due to illness

On Monday the Queen only went ahead with a reception for Commonwealth leaders in the evening Photo: Reuters

Her Majesty, who will be 87 next month, had been due to visit a technology park in east London on Wednesday with her son, the Duke of York, and was expected at a church service at the Guards Chapel near Buckingham Palace on Thursday.

The news will increase speculation about the state of the Queen’s health, but well-placed sources insisted the monarch is suffering from nothing more than a bout of gastroenteritis, pointing out that she is carrying on with a relatively normal workload away from public view.

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