King Charles appeared in good spirits on Friday morning as he was seen in public for the first time since it was revealed he had been in hospital over side effects from his cancer treatment.
Charles, 76, smiled and waved at well-wishers as he left Clarence House in London in a black Audi. Moments earlier the Princess Royal was driven out of the residence in a black Bentley.
It is understood Charles is going to his Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire. It comes after Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday night that the King “required a short period of observation in hospital” earlier that day.
Planned engagements in Birmingham on Friday were cancelled to prioritise his recovery as a precautionary measure. A source described it as a “most minor bump in a road that is very much heading in the right direction”.
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