The King’s health is heading in a ‘very positive’ direction after his cancer diagnosis earlier this year, a royal source has said.
The update comes as King Charles, 75, prepares to mark the second anniversary of his accession to the throne on Sunday.
The King endured a difficult second year as sovereign with both him and his daughter-in-law the Princess of Wales undergoing treatment for cancer.
But the source said King Charles has coped with the past year with a ‘determination to be as public as he was able’ to reassure the nation about his capabilities.
The King and Queen are gearing up for an important tour to Australia and Samoa in the autumn – their first major overseas trip since news of Charles’s cancer was announced.
‘Health has to remain the number one priority, albeit heading in a very positive trajectory,’ the source said.
King Charles and Queen Camilla attend the Sunday church service on the Sandringham estate on February 4 – shortly before it was revealed…