Welcome news of King Charles’ health calms tumult in House of Windsor
King Charles’s stoicism and disciplined work ethic is spurring him to continue his royal duties and he’s intent on showing he’s robust enough to plan his summer program.
The tumult within the House of Windsor will be calmed by this morning’s news that King Charles III is increasingly robust enough to be planning his summer program and beginning to have face-to-face meetings with the public.
But aged 75 and recuperating from cancer treatment, Charles is not going to have a record-setting glorious reign like that of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96.
Thankfully, while the King’s health is still improving, according to the Palace, Charles’s stoicism and disciplined work ethic is spurring him on to continue his royal duties.
Whether that will include a gruelling overseas tour for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is in Samoa at the end of October is highly uncertain, although Charles has so much affection for Australia that if any southern hemisphere trip eventuated it would include some form of visit, perhaps even a relaxed stopover.
His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 26, 2024
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To help mark this milestone, The King and Queen will make a joint visit to a cancer treatment centre next Tuesday, where they… pic.twitter.com/jWF8ITP0rg
Frazzled aides may even welcome a few extra rest days scheduled into any tour for the King has been long known for his intense working days that extend past 10pm.
It has been a relief to hear such good news that Charles feels comfortable to increase his workload, and that his doctors are happy enough for him to be exposed to more and more people.
It will also put paid to the wildfire speculation of an abdication, which came on the same week as a bloodied unseated white horse charged through the capital – an ancient omen of doom, which fuelled social media conspiracies. Then when the hands of Big Ben inexplicably stopped at 9am on Wednesday, the internet went into overdrive.
Instead the King’s return to public facing duties will gently ease some pressures on the Prince of Wales to allow him to continue supporting his own wife’s serious health battles.
Throughout his treatment for more than three months the King has still been at his desk addressing the daily Red Box correspondence of government.
Just this week Charles invited some controversy for anointing family members to even grander chivalry titles and creating a new title for Catherine, who becomes a Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour, joining a group of 65 luminaries of the arts based at Hampton Court Palace, more famed as the home of King Henry VIII and his unfortunate six wives.
Camilla is now the Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire, and William is the Great Master of the Order of the Bath.
Some saw this as a grand send off of sorts, but Charles is intent on solidifying this small inner group and emphasising the core line of succession. The message was clear to those now pushed further to the outer like Prince Andrew, his daughters the York sisters and the Montecito-based couple, Prince Harry and wife Meghan.
If the events of the past few months show anything it is that strawberry jam maker Meghan has herself in a sticky situation and doesn’t know how to play the long game. There is no return for the whingeing Sussexes.
But Charles? He just wants to be dutiful, out and about chatting to people and enjoying his Kingdom for as long as he can.
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