Prince Williams Returns To Fill Royal Void As King Charles III Undergoes Cancer Treatment
Amid his father, King Charles III receiving treatment for cancer and his wife recovering, Britain’s Prince William is set to resume royal frontlines duties on Wednesday.
The king’s shock cancer diagnosis, announced on Monday, and Catherine’s abdominal operation have left William shouldering a heavy royal burden.
William, 41, Charles’s eldest son and heir to the throne, postponed public engagements to care for his wife, the Princess of Wales, and their three children after she was admitted to hospital on January 16.
But he will be back to work on Wednesday, handing out honours awarded to citizens for good deeds at Windsor Castle before attending the London Air Ambulance annual fundraising gala in central London.
He is also expected to take on some of his father’s duties while he undergoes treatment, with fellow senior royals Princess Anne and Charles’s wife Queen Camilla helping to share the load.
Buckingham Palace has not specified the type of cancer afflicting the 75-year-old monarch, although it is understood not to be prostate cancer.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made it known that it had been “caught early”.
The diagnosis comes just 17 months into his reign following the demise of his 96-year-old mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8, 2022.
