AND a strong and heartfelt hug from Zara Tindall to her uncle, King Charles, during a surprise appearance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Princess Anne’s daughter was delighted to see her uncle who has been undergoing treatment for cancer for a few months. Only this week did the sovereign resume his public commitments and he didn’t want to miss an appointment that saw many representatives of the royal family together.
King Charles attended the third day of the event, which his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, also often attended as a spectator. From her grandmother and mother, Zara Tindall inherited her passion for horseslike her mother, she participated in the London 2012 Olympic Games. On the third day of Royal Windsor Horse Show Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, and Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, also attended.
Queen Camilla was missing and had instead accompanied her husband to his home on Tuesday 30 April first public outing to visit patients in a London hospital, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre. King Charles watched his Coronation Roll at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, just days shy of the first anniversary of his coronation on May 6, 2023.
In all his public engagements the sovereign appeared smiling and relaxed, however, the complete program of his commitments during the summer has not been announced given that King Charles is still undergoing treatments for cancer. It will depend on the doctors’ indications with “adaptations made where necessary to minimize the risk” for the king’s recovery. Having outdoor events should help. The sovereign reassured him about his condition meeting other patients undergoing cancer treatment, but also spoke, according to the Daily Mailof his shock at the diagnosis.
