King Charles III To Resume Public Duties 2 Months After Cancer Announcement

According to BBC, the King is said to be "greatly encouraged" to be going back to more public events.

It's a message of cautious optimism, but the King's treatment - which began in February - is still continuing and there is no date given for its conclusion.

The type of cancer has not been disclosed, but the King's medical team are "sufficiently pleased with the progress made so far that the King is now able to resume a number of public-facing duties".

A picture of the King and Queen, taken earlier this month in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, has also been released.

The visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla of Britain to Kenya was deemed a significant event that brought the country to a halt, despite it being a four-day visit.

The royalties made their maiden trip to Africa in a visit that further lifted Kenya's diplomatic profile on the global stage.

The purpose of the high-octane visit from Tuesday, October 31 to Friday, November 3, 2023, was to celebrate the warm relationship between the two countries and the strong and dynamic partnership they continue to forge.

"The visit is at the invitation of President Ruto and comes as Kenya prepares to celebrate 60 years of independence. His Majesty’s first visit to a Commonwealth nation as King is therefore to the country in which Queen Elizabeth II’s reign began, having acceded to the throne in Kenya in February 1952," the statement by the British High Commission read in part.

During his speech at the State House Banquet hosted by President William Ruto on October 31, King Charles revealed that he is seeking to better understand Kenya's painful past and will interact with communities affected.

“It is the intimacy of our shared history that has brought our people together. However, we must also acknowledge the most painful times of our long and complex relationship. The wrongdoings of the past are a cause of the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret,” said the King, without outright issuing an apology.

"There were abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans as they waged a painful struggle for independence and sovereignty, and for that, there can be no excuse."