He filmed his first public participation three months after announcing his cancer diagnosis
King Charles III resumed his public activities after a three-month hiatus. He will visit the Cancer Research and Treatment Center on Tuesday.
The British monarch visited a cancer treatment center in London on Tuesday, in his first official participation since he announced three months ago that he himself was suffering from the disease.
The 75-year-old king, relaxed and smiling, accompanied Queen Camilla, 76, on the highly scrutinized and symbolic visit, during which he was scheduled to meet patients and doctors at the centre. Macmillan University College Hospital.
He arrived by car and shook hands before entering the building. Charles III is still undergoing treatment for cancer, which he discovered after undergoing prostate surgery last January, and its nature has never been clarified.
But Buckingham Palace, sounding cautiously optimistic, announced last Friday that its doctors were “sufficiently satisfied with the progress made to date” to allow him to gradually resume his public activities, in proportion to his health condition.
Buckingham Palace said his commitments would be “carefully calibrated” in “close consultation with his doctors.” The king's doctors said they were “satisfied enough” to allow a gradual recovery commensurate with his state of health. But he is not cured: his treatment is continuing, and there is no doubt that there will be a “full summer program.”
Other obligations are possible
The King and Queen are also expected to receive Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako in June on an unspecified date for a state visit at the invitation of the British government.
Other potential commitments – Royal Ascot, the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Trooping the Color in June, traditional garden parties – will be subject to the advice of his doctors, as they come closer.
After announcing his diagnosis of cancer in early February, nine months after his coronation, Charles III suspended his public activities. But he continued his duties as a constitutional monarch, according to Buckingham Palace. In particular, it stipulates that he signs laws, meets regularly with the Prime Minister and approves certain appointments.
The palace regularly posted photos or very short videos of himself receiving dignitaries, preparing a speech, or reading greeting cards. Impatient for the appeal, according to his nephew Peter Phillips, Charles III indulged himself with a short tour after morning prayers in the chapel of Windsor Castle on Easter Sunday.
King Charles has long been involved in the fight against cancer. In particular, he sponsors an association called Macmillan to support cancer patients.
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