Benjamin Jones
London – Britain’s King Charles III returned to his official public duties on Tuesday for the first time since he began undergoing cancer treatment in February. Charles and Queen Camilla visited a hospital and specialist cancer center to support staff and patients.
Buckingham Palace announced the king’s imminent return to work in a statement released on Friday, adding that the king’s doctors were “very encouraged by the progress made so far” in his treatment for an unspecified cancer.
The King and Queen visited University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Center in London on Tuesday, where they met patients and doctors. The monarch looked happy and healthy as he greeted well-wishers outside before entering the treatment center to meet patients and staff.
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Buckingham Palace has not said where the monarch, who has become the new Patron of the charity Cancer Research UK, is undergoing his own treatment, or what that treatment entails.
Charles’ daughter-in-law, Catherine, Princess of Wales, is also undergoing treatment for an unspecified cancer – news she shared in a video message released in March amid rampant speculation.
Kate, as she is better known, and her husband, Prince William, requested privacy while she underwent preventive chemotherapy after doctors discovered she had cancer. They made this discovery through tests carried out following major abdominal surgery that Kate had in January.
There were no updates on the treatment given to the Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace, her and William’s official residence.
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Although Tuesday marked an official return to public duties for the king, Charles greeted well-wishers after attending an Easter church service in late March.
Buckingham Palace said it will also be able to take part in some annual events, including the “Trooping the Color” military parade and celebrations surrounding the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Allied landings in France in the Second World War, both held in June.
Charles and Camilla, however, will not welcome Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako when the fellow royals visit London at the end of June.
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