“The trouble is, he’s been so conditioned to work that I don’t think he functions unless he’s working,” royal author Ingrid Seward told Newsweek
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“When he’s not working, he’s probably a bit all over the place—I know I’m like that. He’s always working, and it’s just not his nature to take an afternoon nap, which I’m sure Camilla is trying to make him do.”Seward, author of My Mother and Isuggested that the King could manage a lighter schedule by focusing on engagements he enjoys while delegating routine duties. “Cancer treatment makes you very, very tired,” she said. “The trouble is, it’s his duty as monarch to do these stifling boring handshakes with incoming and outgoing ambassadors.”
However, King Charles remains determined to press on. On Tuesday, he made his first public appearance since his hospitalisation, attending an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. According to the New York Posthe appeared in good spirits, suggesting his health is improving.
His upcoming schedule includes attending Papua New Guinea’s 50th independence anniversary celebrations and an event honouring an aviation charity. He is also set to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Meanwhile, plans for his visit to Italy, where he and Queen Camilla will mark their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9, are being carefully managed. A scheduled meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican has been postponed following the pontiff’s recent hospitalisation.
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