King Charles III will return to public duties next week, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday, an encouraging sign of his recovery, nearly three months after he disclosed that he had cancer, and a palpable relief to a country anxious about another wrenching change in the British monarchy.
Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will mark his return with a visit to a cancer center on Tuesday, where they will meet with patients and staff, the palace said.
Yet in the opaque world of the royal family, the busyness of a monarch’s calendar is often the best clue to his well-being.
The news offers a ray of hope for a royal family that has been shadowed by health concerns since the beginning of the year.
She has been out of the public eye since she was hospitalized in January, igniting a storm of often spurious rumors about her condition.
Persons:
King Charles III, Charles, Queen Camilla, Emperor Naruhito, Masako, Catherine, Princess, Wales
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Buckingham
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British, Japan