Britain\u2019s Queen Camilla said her husband King Charles who is being treated for cancer was doing \u201cvery well\u201d, as she greeted crowds on a visit to Northern Ireland on Thursday.
\nCharles has been absent from public duties since January while he undergoes treatment for an unspecified form of cancer, leaving Camilla and heir-to-the-throne Prince William to be the public face of the royal family.
\nCamilla, 76, joked with members of the public in Belfast, telling workers in a bakery that a smartly dressed small boy there was \u201ca natural for the cameras\u201d as he stole the limelight.
\nHanded a card by a schoolgirl outside a shop to wish her husband well, Camilla said: \u201cThank you. He\u2019ll be delighted.\u201d
\nCamilla and William have been out and about this week, meeting people and carrying out charity, holding the fort for the royal family while another of its star players, Kate, the Princess of Wales, also recuperates from a health problem.
\nKate is not expected to return to official duties until after Easter on March 31, following abdominal surgery for a non-cancerous condition in January.
\nInterest in her health has kept Kate in the headlines. Britain\u2019s data watchdog said on Wednesday it was looking into a report that staff at the London hospital where she was treated had attempted to access her private health records.
\nCamilla, who loves books and has set up a reading charity, is due to attend an event later on Thursday celebrating Northern Ireland\u2019s literary history, at Hillsborough Castle, hosted by poet Paul Muldoon.
\nLast month Camilla said Charles was \u201cdoing extremely well under the circumstances.\u201d
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– King Charles is being treated for cancer and has been absent from public duties since January.
\n– Queen Camilla said King Charles is doing “very well.”
\n– Camilla and Prince William have been the public face of the royal family during Charles’s absence.
\n– Camilla, aged 76, interacted with the public in Belfast, including joking with a small boy and thanking a schoolgirl who gave her a card for Charles.
\n– Kate, the Princess of Wales, is recuperating from abdominal surgery for a non-cancerous condition and is expected to return to official duties after Easter on March 31.
\n– Britain’s data watchdog is investigating a report of attempted unauthorized access to Kate’s private health records at the London hospital where she was treated.
\n– Camilla, who has set up a reading charity, is scheduled to attend an event celebrating Northern Ireland\u2019s literary history at Hillsborough Castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1247,195,2506,695,2876,180,2369,2459,210,2004,658,156,899,1130,1245,1386,450,1346,761,2877,2019,2848,114,494,2831,18],"class_list":["post-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-abdominal-surgery","tag-britain","tag-cameras","tag-cancer","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-charity","tag-data","tag-family","tag-health","tag-health-problems","tag-history","tag-hospital","tag-interest","tag-ireland","tag-kate","tag-king-charles","tag-london","tag-meeting","tag-northern-ireland","tag-public-duties","tag-shop","tag-surgery","tag-top-news","tag-uk","tag-wales","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n