Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester is representing Queen Camilla at a Remembrance event at Westminster Abbey Buckingham Palace announced on Nov. 5 that the Queen was ill with a chest infection and has canceled several outings Birgitte toured the Field of Remembrance memorial and met representatives from The Poppy Factory,

She very much hopes to be recovered in time to attend this weekend’s Remembrance events as normal,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement Tuesday.

The occurrence is a rare one for the family member, despite their working royal status. Queen Camilla is out sick with a chest infection, but as they say, the show must go on—the monarch was initially slated to attend the November 7 annual Field of Remembrance event at Westminster Abbey in London,