Solo trip for King Charles as the Queen Consort continues to recover

The Queen Consort has pulled out of a visit to London's biggest food redistribution charity with King Charles as she continues to recover from Covid.

It's the second time Camilla's contracted the illness - she last got it a year ago.

Buckingham Palace said Camilla had made an "excellent recovery" but was taking time out ahead of a busy day of royal engagements on Thursday.

A Palace spokesperson said:

"Her Majesty has made an excellent recovery from last week's illness.

"However, to allow for additional preparation ahead of Thursday's rescheduled literary reception and other commitments, Her Majesty will not be attending today's Felix Project engagement.

"His Majesty's diary remains unaffected."

The Palace announced on February 13 - nine days ago - that Camilla had tested positive for Covid-19.

Charles instead made a solo trip to The Felix Project which makes between three and five thousands meals ever day from surplus supermarket supplies.

Charles toured The Felix Project's warehouse and kitchens, where volunteers were preparing and packing meals.

More than 2 million meals have been distributed so far to organisations which either help people with no access to cooking facilities, or provide meals but do not have the catering facilities to feed everyone using their service.

The charity, in a partnership with The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund, recently received a starter fund of £1 million, including a substantial personal donation from the King, which is being used to supply more than 800 fridges and freezers to organisations across the UK to help store more fresh and frozen food.

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