THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL MISS ROYAL ASCOT NEXT WEEK ON DOCTORS' ORDERS, SO HE CAN RECOVER FROM AN ONGOING ILLNESS. HE IS TO TAKE THREE DAYS OFF NEXT WEEK, CANCELING ALL PLANNED ENGAGEMENTS, SO HE CAN TRY TO SHAKE OFF A PERSISTENT CHEST INFECTION. BUT THE HEIR TO THE THRONE DECIDED AGAINST REST AND RECUPERATION THIS WEEK BECAUSE HE HAD SO MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS TO ATTEND. A SPOKESMAN FOR CLARENCE HOUSE SAID: 'ON DOCTORS' ADVISE, THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL BE TAKING THREE DAYS OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THE PRINCE IS SUFFERING FROM A PERSISTENT CHEST INFECTION FOR OVER A MONTH AND DOCTORS HAVE ADVISED HIM TO FIND A NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN WHICH TO HAVE A COMPLETE REST.' THE PRINCE'S COMMITMENTS THIS WEEK INCLUDE TAKING PART IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE, HOSTING TWO MILITARY RECEPTIONS, VISITING THE ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW AND GIVING A LECTURE ON ISLAM AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO MARK THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OXFORD CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES. THE PRINCE WILL TRAVEL TO BIRKHALL, HIS PRIVATE HOME ON THE QUEEN'S BALMORAL ESTATE IN SCOTLAND, WITH HIS WIFE, THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL. HE WILL MISS ROYAL ASCOT, THE WEEK LONG RACE MEETING AND HIGHLIGHT OF THE SOCIAL CALENDER THAT DATES BACK TO 1711. THE PRINCE WILL ALSO MISS THE GARTER SERVICE AND PROCESSION, WHICH ALWAYS TAKES PLACE AT WINDSOR CASTLE ON THE MONDAY OF ROYAL ASCOT WEEK AND WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY ATTENDED BY ALL SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. IN HER THRONE ROOM, THE QUEEN WILL FORMALLY INVEST NEW COMPANIONS OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, THE SENIOR BRITISH ORDER OF CHIVALRY, FOUNDED IN 1348. FOLLOWING LUNCH, THERE IS A PROCESSION OF THE KNIGHTS TO ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL FOLLOWED BY AN INSTALLATION CEREMONY. THE PRINCE'S ILLNESS IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS AND HE IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO WORK ON THURSDAY. IT IS BELIEVED HE HAS ATTENDED EVERY GARTER CEREMONY SINCE 1989, AND ASCOT EACH YEAR FOR MOST OF THE PAST DECADE.
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