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| Camilla pulls out of pudding tour | Camilla pulls out of pudding tour |
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| A bout of gastro-enteritis has forced the Duchess of Cornwall to cancel her plans to tour a Christmas pudding factory, Clarence House has revealed. | A bout of gastro-enteritis has forced the Duchess of Cornwall to cancel her plans to tour a Christmas pudding factory, Clarence House has revealed. |
| Camilla was to accompany the Prince of Wales to Derbyshire to tour the Matthew Walker site in Heanor. | Camilla was to accompany the Prince of Wales to Derbyshire to tour the Matthew Walker site in Heanor. |
| The couple would have later switched on the festive lights in the nearby village of Ashover. Charles went ahead with the tour alone. | |
| A Clarence House spokesman said the duchess was "very disappointed". | A Clarence House spokesman said the duchess was "very disappointed". |
| She added: "She has seen a doctor and hopes to be fit enough next week to carry on with her other plans and be out and about. | She added: "She has seen a doctor and hopes to be fit enough next week to carry on with her other plans and be out and about. |
| "She can't make the engagements this afternoon but it's nothing serious." | "She can't make the engagements this afternoon but it's nothing serious." |
| Village tour | |
| Charles toured shops and spent time at a pub talking to locals before visiting Ashover, recently named Calor Village of the Year. | |
| He spoke to members of the War Widows' Association, of which he is patron, and met a man responsible for training owls for Harry Potter films. | |
| Charles also unveiled a plaque to commemorate both his visit and the village's award and said: "Can I just say what a real pleasure it is to be with you in Ashover today. | |
| "You are such a wonderful example of what a community should be. | |
| "I would like to apologise on behalf of my darling wife for the fact that she was not able to be here today. I am afraid she was not feeling quite right." |