King Charles Appears in First Public Engagement Since Cancer Diagnosis

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King Charles III to Return to Public Duties After Cancer Diagnosis

King Charles is backmost successful the spotlight. 

The 75-year-old has made his return to public-facing duties since sharing the quality of his diagnosis with an unnamed signifier of cancer successful February, and helium fittingly chose to marque his archetypal appearance at a infirmary and crab halfway successful London. 

Joined by Queen Camilla, Charles met with doctors and patients of the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre connected April 30. Both His Majesty and Camilla were seen smiling arsenic they met with patients, as good as a young good wisher who presented the King with a bouquet of flowers.

Additionally, in a video shared to the Royal Family's Instagram Story from the visit, Charles tin beryllium seen shaking hands and greeting a fig of staff. 

During the visit, Charles was besides announced arsenic the caller patron of Cancer Research UK, a presumption helium is taking implicit from the late Queen Elizabeth

The King's quality comes four days after Buckingham Palace confirmed the monarch would beryllium making a instrumentality to nationalist duties pursuing "a play of attraction and recuperation" amid his wellness journey.

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At the time, the palace noted Charles' sojourn to the Macmillan Cancer Centre would "be the archetypal successful a fig of outer engagements His Majesty volition undertake successful the weeks ahead"—including a visit from the Emperor and Empress of Japan successful June. 

And portion noting the upcoming archetypal day of Charles' coronation, the connection continued, "Their Majesties stay profoundly grateful for the galore kindnesses and bully wishes they person received from astir the satellite passim the joys and challenges of the past year."

A spokesperson for the palace astatine the clip besides shared an update connected the King's health, stating Charles was "greatly encouraged to beryllium resuming immoderate public-facing duties and precise grateful to his aesculapian squad for their continued attraction and expertise."

For much connected the royal family, including Kate Middleton's own caller crab diagnosis, support reading.

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Returning to Public Duties

On April 26, astir 3 months aft sharing his crab diagnosis, Buckingham Palace announced that Charles volition instrumentality to public-facing duties

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The queen consort attended the Royal Maundy Service on March 28 successful spot of King Charles III, making her the archetypal spouse of the Monarch to proceed the past tradition.

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Kate Middleton Shares Cancer Diagnosis

In a March 22 video message, the Princess of Wales shared that she'd been diagnosed with cancer aft undergoing abdominal country successful January.

"It was thought that my information was non-cancerous. The country was successful," she said earlier noting that tests aft the cognition recovered crab had been present. "My aesculapian squad truthful advised that I should acquisition a people of preventative chemotherapy and I americium present successful the aboriginal stages of that treatment."

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Kate Middleton Apologizes for Edited Family Photo Controversy

After photograph agencies pulled the representation Kensington Palace shared of Kate since having her abdominal country connected March 10, the Princess of Wales addressed claims the photograph was doctored. 

"Like galore amateur photographers, I bash occasionally experimentation with editing," she tweeted connected March 11. "I wanted to explicit my apologies for immoderate disorder the household photograph we shared yesterday caused. I anticipation everyone celebrating had a precise blessed Mother's Day. C."

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Lady Kitty Spencer Privately Welcomes Baby

Princess Diana's niece celebrated Mother's Day successful the U.K. by sharing she and her hubby Michael Lewis privately welcomed their archetypal baby.

“It’s the joyousness of my beingness to beryllium your mummy, small one. I emotion you unconditionally," she captioned her March 10 Instagram post. "Happy Mother’s Day to those who observe today."

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Queen Camilla Takes a Break

After keeping up her afloat slate of engagements successful the aftermath of her husband's crab diagnosis, the palace cleared Camilla's schedule.

The Times pointed retired March 2 that the 76-year-old didn't person immoderate engagements connected her calendar until March 11, erstwhile she'd beryllium owed astatine Westminster Abbey to observe Commonwealth Day.

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Thomas Kensington Dies astatine 45

The hubby of Lady Gabriella Windsor and ex-boyfriend of Pippa Middleton, was recovered dormant Feb. 25. Days later, a coroner's inquest recovered that helium died by suicide.

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King Charles Diagnosed With Cancer

While King Charles III was successful the infirmary for his benign prostate enlargement procedure, the royal household subordinate was diagnosed with cancer.

"His Majesty has contiguous commenced a docket of regular treatments, during which clip helium has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties," Buckingham Palace said Feb. 5. "Throughout this period, His Majesty volition proceed to undertake State concern and authoritative paperwork arsenic usual.The King is grateful to his aesculapian squad for their swift intervention, which was made imaginable acknowledgment to his caller infirmary procedure. He remains wholly affirmative astir his attraction and looks guardant to returning to afloat nationalist work arsenic soon arsenic possible."

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Sarah Ferguson Is Diagnosed With a Second Type of Cancer

The Duchess of York's rep said successful a connection connected Jan. 21 that Sarah was precocious diagnosed with malignant melanoma, an assertive signifier of tegument cancer. Several months prior, she underwent a azygous mastectomy to dainty bosom cancer.

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Kate Middleton Is Hospitalized

Kensington Palace announced connected Jan. 17 that Kate Middleton underwent planned abdominal surgery and was acceptable to stay successful the infirmary for 10 to 14 days.

"Based connected the existent aesculapian advice," the Palace said, "she is improbable to instrumentality to nationalist duties until aft Easter."

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Prince William Adjusting His Schedule

Amid Kate's recovery, Prince William postponed a fig of engagements arsenic helium supported his family, including the couple's 3 children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

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King Charles III Undergoing Treatment

Shortly aft Kate's hospitalization was made public, Buckingham Palace shared that Charles "has sought attraction for an enlarged prostate."

"His Majesty's information is benign and helium volition be infirmary adjacent week for a corrective procedure," the connection added. "The King’s nationalist engagements volition beryllium postponed for a abbreviated play of recuperation."

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