King Charles will resume public engagements next week after making encouraging progress in his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace has said. It won’t yet be a full return to official engagements for the King, but the palace is sending positive signals.
The King will begin next Tuesday with a symbolic trip to a cancer treatment centre. His summer plans include a state visit, where he will host the Emperor and Empress of Japan. In the coming weeks, the palace said, he would undertake more external engagements.The King is said to be “greatly encouraged” to be going back to more public events.
It’s a message of cautious optimism, but the King’s treatment – which began in February – is still continuing and there is no date given for its conclusion. Buckingham Palace gave the update on the King’s return to public-facing duties and his condition in a statement released on Friday.
“It is too early to say” for how much longer his treatment will continue, the palace said.
It added that doctors were “very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the King’s continued recoveryThe type of cancer has not been disclosed, but the King’s medical team are “sufficiently pleased with the progress made so far that the King is now able to resume a number of public-facing duties”.
A picture of the King and Queen Camilla, taken earlier this month in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, has also been released.It remains uncertain if he will be attending some of the big events coming up in the calendar, such as Trooping the Colour, the D-Day commemorations, summer garden parties, Royal Ascot, and overseas trips in the autumn.
Decisions will be made according to medical advice nearer the time, says the palace.
Source: BBC
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