King Charles III will make his return “shortly” to public duties, the British Royal Family announced Friday, just over two months after the king was diagnosed with cancer.
King Charles III will return "shortly" to public duties, the Royal Family said on Friday.
Charles, 75, will make a joint appearance with Queen Camilla at a cancer treatment facility Tuesday, the Royal Family announced, marking his “first in a number of external engagements His Majesty will undertake in the weeks ahead.”
The announcement comes two months after Charles announced his diagnosis with a “form of cancer,” following a brief hospital stay for a prostate procedure.
Charles’ cancer had reportedly been “caught early,” U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in February, telling BBC Radio 5 he was “shocked and sad” to hear about the diagnosis.
Charles was able to make his first public appearance since his diagnosis late last month, attending an Easter service with Camilla at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Charles’ cancer diagnosis was the second to rock the Royal Family this year. Last month, Charles’ daughter-in-law Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, confirmed she was receiving cancer treatment, saying she received surgery that “was successful.” Like Charles, she did not specify what type of cancer she was diagnosed with. Her confirmation ended weeks of speculation over her absence from the public eye and a bizarre doctored photo with her children, prompting unsubstantiated rumors about her health and personal life. Kate, the wife of Prince William, had been admitted to a hospital in January for a “planned abdominal procedure.”