King Charles will be visiting cancer patients and their families alongside Queen Camilla in what will be a return to public duties following his cancer diagnosis, which was made public in January
King Charles will be returning to public duties on Tuesday by visiting a cancer treatment centre.
He will be accompanied with his wife, Queen Camilla, and the couple are expected to meet with cancer patients and their families. It will be a strong show of support, given the royal family’s close encounter with cancer in recent months.
According to a royal source, the King hopes to show how “people can go on living a full life during treatment, not just after it.” The monarch is also keen to show that cancer affects not just the pat “all those around them.” It comes as King Charles has spent recent months receiving cancer treatment for type of cancer that was picked up during a separate procedure at the end of last year.
To mark the King’s return to royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced key events, which are expected to be the first of many. As well as his visit on Tuesday, King Charles will also host Emperor and Empress of Japan in late June for a state visit.
It comes as the Princess of Wales is currently receiving “preventative chemotherapy” for a cancer that hasn’t been made public. It was picked up following “major abdominal surgery” at the end of 2023.
A source told the Sunday Telegraph: “Cancer can be a scary word but it doesn’t have to be a scary experience.” While King Charles hasn’t been given the all-clear from cancer and is still undergoing treatment, his medical team are said to be “pleased with the progress made so far.”
Furthermore, planning is underway for King Charles to attend Trooping the Colour – his birthday celebrations – as well as Royal Ascot and the annual summer garden parties. A source told The Sun that the King wants to be on his favourite horse for the occasion on June 15.
The announcement of his return to public duties coincided with a new portrait of Charles, 75, and Camilla, 76, which was taken earlier in the month to mark first anniversary of their coronation. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “As the first anniversary of the coronation approaches, Their Majesties remain deeply grateful for the many kindnesses and good wishes they have received from around the world throughout the joys and challenges of the past year.”
