King Charles III will participate in his annual birthday parade next month from a carriage rather than on horseback, as he battles cancer, British media reported Thursday.
Jerrymusa.com reports that the 75-year-old head of state, who recently resumed public engagements, will inspect soldiers participating in the Trooping the Colour ceremony from a royal carriage on June 15.
This yearly event marks the sovereign’s official birthday and is a highlight of the royal calendar. Due to his cancer diagnosis, Charles will not attend on horseback as he did last year, when he made his inaugural parade as king.
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The king has been receiving treatment and has resumed official duties, maintaining a busy public schedule that included attending the Chelsea Flower Show last week. He will make his first overseas trip since the cancer diagnosis at an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Accompanied by his wife Queen Camilla and elder son Prince William, the senior royals will attend a commemorative service at the British Normandy Memorial in northern France on June 6.
One notable absentee from these commemorations and potentially other royal events next month will be William’s wife Catherine, who is receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer and has not been seen at a public engagement since December. Her attendance at the Trooping the Colour ceremony is unclear.