The British monarch is said to be “invigorated” by his tour of Australia and the Samoa Islands, his first major trip outside the United Kingdom since the announcement of his cancer in February 2024.
King Charles III will resume a “normal” pace of traveling abroad next year despite his cancer, reports reported on Sunday British media.
The British monarch, returning from an 11-day tour of Australia and then the Samoa Islands, would be “reinvigorated” by this first major trip outside the United Kingdom since the announcement of his cancer in February 2024.
“We are currently preparing a fairly normal and full overseas touring schedule for next year, which is a big step forward,” said an official Buckingham Palace source.
Spring and fall 2025
These trips should take place in the spring and fall of 2025, after approval by the king’s doctors.
According to this same source, this trip to Australia and then to Samoa for a Commonwealth summit improved “his state of mind, his mood and his recovery”.
The “joy of duty, of service, of being in public and seeing these crowds, of interacting with communities from all walks of life, it really lifts his morale,” she added.
Processing suspended
The doctors of the king, aged 75, had authorized him to suspend his treatment for the duration of this trip, according to British media.
Charles III back in business, eight months after announcing his cancer
However, they advised him not to go to New Zealand to save his strength.
Charles III resumed his public activities at the end of April after having withdrawn for about two months because of this cancer, the nature of which has not been revealed.
