Queen Camilla will be absent from the kickoff of Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's visit to the U.K. due to an ongoing chest infection.

Catherine, Princess of Wales has helped the British royal family roll out the red carpet for the Emir of Qatar on the first day of his state visit to the United Kingdom on Tuesday.

Queen Camilla has provided a health update after she was forced to miss another royal event on Tuesday (3 December).

Queen Camilla, 77, missed a string of engagements after a bout of pneumonia in the latest major royal health scare.

Queen Camilla lifted the lid on a fresh royal family health crisis Tuesday after she told a visiting party including the Amir of Qatar that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia. Camilla’s comments threw a spanner in the works of a careful effort by the palace to downplay her illness,

A chest infection has struck down the Queen Consort, and the Palace confirmed that Camilla shockingly told guests at a state dinner she has pneumonia

Queen Camilla had already missed a number of royal engagements with a chest infection, and now it has been confirmed the royal has been diagnosed with "a form of pneumonia"

The Queen is to miss the ceremonial welcome during the Qatari state visit due to the lingering side effects of a chest infection, but will attend other elements of the day, Buckingham Palace has announced.