It’s been confirmed that King Charles will continue to travel overseas despite his cancer diagnosis and ongoing treatment.
On October 26, after King Charles’ Australia and Samoa visits, a spokesperson for the king said that provided that doctors give the all-clear before each trip, His Majesty will continue to carry out official foreign royal visits.
“We’re now working on a pretty normal-looking full overseas tour programme for next year, which is a high point for us, knowing that we can think in those terms,” the senior palace official said.
“I think it’s a great testament to the King’s devotion to service and duty that he was prepared to come this far. He was incredibly happy and very, very determined to do so.”
They went on to say that His Majesty “genuinely loved” and “genuinely thrived” during his 10-day tour of Sydney and Canberra in Australia and Apia in Samoa, and that overall, the visit lifted King Charles’ “spirits, mood and recovery.”
“In that sense, the tour, despite its demands, has been the perfect tonic.”
King Charles has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer since February of this year.
At the time, he stopped all public-facing duties, with his wife Queen Camilla and heir apparent Prince William temporarily taking on those responsibilities for him.
King Charles returned to public engagements in April and the recent trip to Australia and Samoa marked his first overseas trip since the diagnosis.
It’s been reported that the king paused his cancer treatment while he was in Australia and Samoa but will recommence it now that he’s returned to the UK.
