However, the return to normal is not imminent.
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Published on 04/28/2024 at 3:17 p.m.
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E“Be seen to be believed”: it is in the name of this maxim dear to the late Elizabeth II that her successor, Charles III, must resume his public activities on Tuesday “after a period of treatment and recovery following the diagnosis of his cancer », According to the Buckingham Palace press release published on April 26.
With the exception of a small crowd at the end of the Easter religious service on March 31 at Windsor Castle, the 75-year-old sovereign had canceled all his public appearances after the announcement, at the beginning of February, of his cancer (the nature and severity of which we do not know) and the radiotherapy sessions to which he was subjected. As several photos distributed by the court attested, the head of state continued to exercise his sovereign functions, in particular the weekly meeting with the Prime Minister and the delivery of letters of credence to ambassadors, but at a slowed pace.
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