King Charles Attends First Public Engagement Since His Cancer News
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King Charles III is slowly returning to work as he continues to be treated for cancer. On Tuesday, the British monarch attended his first public engagement since his diagnosis.
The king met with Martina Milburn, CEO of the Prince’s Trust, at Buckingham Palace, before heading to an audience with community faith leaders from across the United Kingdom—alumni of the Windsor Leadership Trust—in the billiard room at the palace.
Windsor Leadership is a charity that provides experience-led programs for senior leaders.
The visit comes after 18 influential leaders from the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian faiths were invited to St. George’s House, Windsor Castle, last month by the Windsor Leadership Trust, for the Faith Leaders’ Forum.
Charles’s meeting with them yesterday was “to hear about their participation in the forum, and how it had strengthened their determination to promote community harmony and understanding,” per a statement from the palace.
The monarch himself has long worked to promote tolerance and greater understanding among different faiths and communities. In his first address to the nation and the commonwealth in 2022, he even spoke of his continued desire to serve everyone with loyalty, respect, and love, whatever their background or beliefs.
Charles’s first public engagement comes as Harper’s Bazaar learned from a royal source that the king has been “frustrated” with his cancer diagnosis, particularly with the fact that he cannot do as much of what he loves—which is work.
His nephew Peter Phillips also said as much, recently telling Sky News Australia’s The Royal Report: “I think, ultimately, he’s hugely frustrated. He’s frustrated that he can’t get on and do everything that he wants to be able to do. But he is very pragmatic [and] he understands that there’s a period of time that he really needs to focus on himself.”
Charles announced his cancer diagnosis on February 5, and has since been lying low from public duties and undergoing outpatient treatment. His daughter-in-law Kate Middleton was also recently diagnosed with cancer and has been receiving preventative chemotherapy. Both royals have been “in the closest contact” as they support one another through their health battles, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
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