Queen’s first engagement since King’s most cancers analysis was introduced

The Queen undertook her first public engagement tonight since her husband’s most cancers analysis was made public and reassured well-wishers that he was ‘doing extremely well under the circumstances’.

Camilla, 76, was speaking as she arrived at Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire for a charity musical evening.

Ben Abbott, 40, of Wiltshire Air Ambulance asked her: ‘I do hope HM is doing well Ma’am.’

Her Majesty replied: ‘He is doing extremely well under the circumstances. He is very touched by all of the letters and messages the public have been sending from everywhere. That’s very cheering.’

The Queen had lengthy been scheduled to attend the musical night at Salisbury Cathedral to have fun the work of three Wiltshire charities and travelled from her husband’s facet at Sandringham to be there.

She is a agency supporter of The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust, The Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Community First, in addition to the regimental charities of the Grenadier Guards and The Rifles.

But due to the inclement climate and the King’s recuperation for his first remedy for his undisclosed most cancers, her go to nearly didn’t come off.

Camilla, who hasn’t left her husband’s facet since his analysis, has been with him in Norfolk all week as he recuperates.

Staff had organized for her to take the king’s official helicopter from Norfolk to Wiltshire however the heavy rain at present battering southern England meant that her native helipad was utterly flooded.

At one level aides feared having to cancel, however apparently Queen Camilla was decided to not let anybody down and set her sights on discovering a means.

So the 76-year-old insisted on driving the 205 miles, five-hour journey from East Anglia to Wiltshire.

A supply stated: ‘It’s been a tricky week however Her Majesty was decided to not let folks down. She is aware of the organisers personally and the charities are three she could be very a lot concerned in.

‘Plus she was concerned that if she cancelled at the last minute it would spark all sorts of alarm about His Majesty, who is actually doing well.

‘She’s all the time been a trouper and determined that if a 400-odd mile, 10 hour spherical journey was the one option to do it, then that’s what she would do.’

Camilla stayed for the entire two hour occasion, which included music by the award-winning live performance pianist Rupert Egerton-Smith and noticed Her Majesty greeted by a fanfare and take her seat following a reception.

She stayed at Ray Mill, her non-public residence close by, in a single day and can drive again to Sandringham to be reunited along with her husband on Friday.

It comes after it emerged Prince Harry could have switched flights with a view to get residence faster to Los Angeles after a flying go to to London to see his cancer-stricken father.

The Duke of Sussex, who spent simply 45 minutes together with his father however didn’t see his brother Prince William in any respect, arrived at Heathrow Airport simply earlier than 2pm yesterday and is now again in LA, the place he might be reunited together with his spouse Meghan Markle.

Harry, 39, is known to have been noticed leaving a Delta flight that landed at LAX airport at 6.16pm native time on Wednesday (2.16am Thursday UK time). 

It’s understood that he switched to the Delta flight as a result of the British Airways flight he was imagined to take was ‘delayed by two hours’, The Express experiences.

Flight data present that the BA flight 269 that he was anticipated to take was as a result of depart Heathrow at 3.05pm however truly left at 5.19pm.

Harry had flown greater than 5,000 miles from Los Angeles to London after his father knowledgeable him of his devastating most cancers analysis. 

He flew into London on a ten-hour flight and arrived at Clarence House at 2.42pm on Tuesday earlier than spending round 45 minutes with Charles.

They held a ‘transient assembly’ earlier than the King and Camilla have been pushed to Buckingham Palace the place a helicopter was ready to take them again to Sandringham in Norfolk.

The Duke shouldn’t be believed to have seen his brother William or sister-in-law Kate Middleton, who’s recovering from her belly surgical procedure and on prolonged go away.

While ready for the duke to return residence, Meghan was pictured flashing a smile yesterday as she drove round close to the couple’s Montecito residence.

Royal knowledgeable Jennie Bond advised MailOn-line that Prince Harry’s go to to the UK reveals how deep the royal rift has truly grow to be.

She claimed: ‘William has proven at this time that he has disowned Harry, he would not wish to know him, and he most likely would not even like him anymore. Harry is simply not a part of his life.

‘That rift is so deep now, and that has been proven by Harry being right here and them not assembly, so deep that I actually do surprise if it may well ever, ever be mended.’

And Robert Jobson advised Mail+ that though Charles was maybe touched by his ‘darling boy’s’ gesture in actuality it has induced ‘some disquiet by ‘taking it upon himself’ to fly over unbidden’.

Charles, 75, was seen in public for the primary time since his most cancers analysis when he left his places of work at Clarence House after a short reunion with Harry.

The assembly has raised hopes that the pair can restore their troubled relationship after Harry publicly criticised the royal household for unconscious racism and complained about the way in which Meghan was handled by palace officers.

Harry and Meghan walked away from royal duties in 2020 and now reside in California.

Although the duke met his father, there was no assembly between the estranged siblings William and Harry, who’ve had a fractured relationship for plenty of years.

Last evening, the Prince of Wales spoke in regards to the King’s most cancers analysis for the primary time as he expressed his gratitude to the general public for his or her ‘type messages of assist’.

William’s phrases of reward, delivered throughout a fundraising gala dinner, additionally recognised those that wished the Princess of Wales properly, as she recovers from deliberate belly surgical procedure.

He advised the company: ‘It means an incredible deal to us all.’

The inheritor to the throne was again at work yesterday supporting the King as his brother Harry left London.

William had taken time without work to assist his household after Kate’s operation on January 16, and returned to public duties as soon as her care and restoration had settled.

But his first day again on obligation got here because the royal household was coping with the well being scare surrounding his father, the top of state whose reign will go the 17-month mark on Thursday.

William gave his pre-dinner speech on the occasion, elevating funds for London’s Air Ambulance Charity’s new fleet of helicopters, the place company included Hollywood star Tom Cruise and Arsenal soccer membership supervisor Mikel Arteta.

The prince stated: ‘I’d prefer to take this chance to say thanks, additionally, for the type messages of assist for Catherine and for my father, particularly in current days. It means an incredible deal to us all.

‘It’s honest to say the previous few weeks have had a reasonably medical focus, so I believed I’d come to an air ambulance perform to get away from all of it.’

Weekly audiences between the King and Rishi Sunak are anticipated to resume in particular person in two weeks following Charles’ most cancers analysis, it’s understood.

Downing Street and Buckingham Palace took the bizarre step of confirming particulars of a name between the 2 on Wednesday, in an try to point out the King was carrying on together with his duties.

The Prime Minister wished Charles properly in a short cellphone dialog earlier than formal face-to-face audiences are set to begin once more on February 21.

Kate left hospital final Monday and returned to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor to be reunited along with her three youngsters, however the 42-year-old future queen shouldn’t be anticipated to return to official duties till after Easter.