King Charles III It is Queen Camilla They were all smiles on Sunday as they approached the Easter church service amid his battle with cancer.
In the new photos, the 75-year-old reigning monarch was seen alongside his wife, 76, entering St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle to celebrate the holiday. Before entering the church, the king spoke to the clergy before he and Camilla took their seats, away from other members of the royal family – amid the king’s cancer treatment.
Joining the king for the service were other members of the royal family, including Princess Anne, Prince Edward, his wife Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, their children Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
After the service, Charles and Camilla made a shocking move, taking a walk and greeting the audience. The king was all smiles as he shook hands with fans who lined up outside the church and wished them good luck.
Notably absent from the Easter service was Charles’ eldest son, Prince WilliamIt is Kate Middletonwho are keeping a low profile after recently revealing that the Princess of Wales, 42, is undergoing treatment for cancer. The revelation came in the form of a video published by Buckingham Palace, in which Kate thanked millions of people around the world for their concern since she apparently went missing in December following an accident. planned abdominal surgery.
Since his diagnosis became public, a source told ET that William, 41, and Kate would I will not be attending the Easter service with the rest of the family, opting to spend time together privately with their children Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, as Kate recovers from her rounds of preventive chemotherapy.
Like his father-in-law, the type of cancer and details about the severity of the disease were not disclosed by Buckingham Palace.
It’s a welcome return to normality for the royal family, which has endured what can only be described as a tumultuous few months. In January, Charles and Kate stepped back from royal duties after undergoing procedures during the winter months. Charles went under the knife to treat an enlarged prostate and, weeks later, released a shocking cancer diagnosis.
Since revealing his health news, Charles has been resting and recovering from his cancer treatments at Sandringham Estate until he is fully cleared to return to work. In recent weeks, however, he has resumed his work and taken over meetings and other state matters at Buckingham Palace.
Last weekend, Charles’ nephew, Peter Phillips, opened up about his uncle’s recovery and said the British monarch was feeling “frustrated” with the recovery timeline and was putting pressure on himself and those around him to accelerate progress.
“He’s in good spirits,” Phillips said. Sky News Australia. “I think at the end of the day, he’s extremely frustrated. He’s frustrated that he can’t do everything he wants to do.”
“He’s always pushing his team, everyone, his doctors and nurses, to be able to say, ‘Actually, come on, can I do this? Can I do that?’” Phillips added. “But he is very pragmatic (and) understands that there is a period of time where he really needs to focus on himself.”
In turn, the lack of photos of the Princess of Wales for almost three months gave way to rampant conspiracy theories online about her whereabouts, resulting in Kate finally coming forward with her video address on March 22. On social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) alone, the video received over 100 million views.
In the video, Kate revealed that although doctors initially thought her condition was non-cancerous after the operation, tests “discovered that cancer was present.” She added: “My medical team therefore advised that I should have preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of this treatment.”
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