Admitted to hospital on Friday January 26, 2024, King Charles III has already left it, AFP journalists noted on site. The 75-year-old sovereign left the establishment in the company of his wife, Queen Camilla.
Charles III has rescheduled several upcoming engagements to allow for a period of convalescence “privately”, Buckingham Palace said. Several British media would mention “a month of rest”, according to BFMTVwithout this having been officially confirmed.
This is the first time since his coronation, in September 2022, that the head of state of the United Kingdom (and of the Commonwealth countries) has had to pause his schedule, busy with protocol ceremonies and other public commitments.
As good news never comes alone, her daughter-in-law, Princess Kate, had herself left the same establishment a few hours earlier. The wife of Crown Prince William had undergone abdominal surgery there thirteen days earlier.