Charles III reappears in public with Camilla after announcing that he has cancer: mass in Windsor

King Charles reappeared at a public event this Sunday for the first time since announcing his cancer diagnosis on February 5. The monarch, 75, attended with Queen Camilla the Easter Mass, Holy Week Mass, at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, the same one where they were married. Harry y Meghan.

King Charles III has returned to a public event, the first since he was diagnosed with cancer on February 5. The Sovereign has been photographed attending the traditional Easter Mattins religious service in Windsor this Sunday. Elizabeth II’s son shows signs of being in good spirits.

The Sovereign arrived in a Bentley to St George’s Chapel, the 14th century building situated in the grounds of Windsor Castle, about an hour’s drive from London. He did so accompanied by his wife, Queen Camilla, for this Mass, considered one of the most important events in the royal calendar. It is customary for the British royal family to meet each Easter at Windsor Castle before heading to church together. The Kings greeted the people who cheered them when they arrived at the Portico of Galilee.

As planned, almost no royals have attended this year’s celebration, according to the English media, so as not to endanger the King, who could become infected while receiving his treatment.

The King and Queen are expected to sit separately from the rest of the main congregation

Queen Elizabeth II sat apart from her loved ones when she attended the funeral for her husband, Prince Philip, which took place when health restrictions amid the pandemic forced it, in 2021.

The King’s brothers were the first members of the family to arrive at Windsor. Prince Edward and Sofia, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, were accompanied by his son, James, Earl of Wessex. They were followed by the king’s sister, Princess Anne, who waved quickly to the crowd, and her husband, Tim Laurence, as well as the prince Andrés and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

It has not been specified whether King Charles will attend the customary family lunch after the service. Some newspapers reported this weekend about a probable break between Camilla and the Monarch these days. The presence of the King has been understood by experts as a good sign that the Monarch’s treatment is going well, especially after he temporarily suspended his public engagements on the advice of his doctors.

All in all, the head of state of the United Kingdom has not stopped dealing with state affairs and official paperwork: attending to the Prime Minister and his famous daily red boxes with the affairs of Her Majesty’s Government. His private hearings and his usual weekly meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have continued.

In recent days, he has greeted the new ambassadors of Moldova and Burundi at Buckingham Palace, met the secretary general of the Climate Vulnerability Forum and sat down with a group of community and faith leaders from across the UK. Carlos III confirmed in his Easter message that he attends to the matters that the Constitution grants him; Although he has so far reduced his public appearances to a minimum, where he has been replaced by his wife, his sister or his first-born.

Absence of William and Kate Middleton

A notable absence from this Sunday’s Easter festivities has been those of the princes of Wales and their three children. William and Kate attended last year and Prince Louis made his debut at the event, as the media highlighted, aware of the historical event involving a future king of England.

But this year, Kate Middleton’s health is not compatible with this type of act, as they warned days ago. Both the heir to the crown and his wife and three children have maintained a low or almost non-existent profile in public since the princess revealed a little over a week ago that she had begun chemotherapy for cancer after it was detected in the postoperative tests of her surgery. abdominal, planned in January, that there were tumor remains.

The princes of Wales and their children spent the Easter holidays together. A Kensington Palace spokesperson said Saturday that William and Kate were “extremely moved by the public’s warmth and support” and were “grateful for their understanding of their request for privacy at this time.” The princess has only been seen since Christmas Day in her video and on the famous shopping trip with her husband where it was even said that it was not her, before announcing that he had cancer. The Prince is expected to resume his public engagements in mid-April once Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have restarted classes.