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King Charles “is doing very well given the circumstances”, says the Queen
King Charles “is doing extremely well under the circumstances” following the start of his cancer treatment, Queen Camilla said.
Asked how the King was doing at an event at Salisbury Cathedral on Thursday night, she said: “He is very touched by all the letters and messages the public have been sending from far and wide.”
“That’s very encouraging,” he added.
Buckingham Palace announced the King’s cancer diagnosis on Monday.
It was detected while the monarch was receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate last month, the Palace said. The type of cancer has not been revealed, although it has been confirmed that it is not prostate cancer.
The King has withdrawn from all public duties while he receives treatment, the Palace said. Senior royals, including the Queen and Prince of Wales, will take up their roles at some events.
On Wednesday, the King was pictured for the first time since his diagnosis was made public alongside the Queen in a car leaving Clarence House in London to catch a helicopter to Sandringham in Norfolk.
Buckingham Palace has said the monarch will continue with paperwork and his constitutional duties during the unspecified treatment.
Before the king left London, his son, the Duke of Sussex, traveled from the United States to visit him. He was seen at Heathrow airport the next day returning to Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, Meghan, and his two children.
The Queen spoke on Thursday night at a musical concert celebrating the work of local charities at Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire.
Among those he spoke to was a member of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance team, paramedic Ben Abbott, who said: “I hope Her Majesty is well ma’am, we are all very sad to hear the news.”
Aware that the Queen has a home in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, Mr Abbott added: “I told her we always wave when we fly over Lacock and she said she always waves back.”
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The evening celebrated the work of local charities including The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust.
Other members of the Royal Family have also continued with their royal duties since the announcement about the King’s health.
On Wednesday, the Prince of Wales attended a fundraiser for the London Air Ambulance.
During the event, he thanked the “kind messages” of support for both the King and his wife, the Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery.
Hours earlier, he held an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. Her return to public duties came after a three-week absence that began after Catherine underwent surgery.
He is not expected to return to royal duties until after Easter.
The Princess Royal also attended official engagements on Wednesday, but Anne did not answer questions about the King when asked by reporters as she left a military barracks in Bicester, Oxfordshire.