King Charles enjoys ‘blissful’ Indian Spa break at holistic resort with Queen Camilla on the way in which dwelling from gruelling tour of Australia and Samoa
The King has enjoyed a ‘blissful’ Indian spa break on the way home from his gruelling tour of Australia and Samoa.
The 75-year-old monarch has just spent three days at the exclusive SOUKYA resort, famed for its yoga and wellness programmes and Ayurvedic treatments.
The Mail understands that His Majesty decided to break up the punishing 35-hour journey back from from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the South Pacific with a mini-break with his wife, Queen Camilla.
She also visited the exclusive £3,000-a-week resort in Bangalore on her way out to Sydney for the start of their 11-day, 30,000 mile round odyssey.
The renowned holistic centre has a raft of celebrity clientele, attracting the likes of Dame Emma Thompson and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
King Charles III and Queen Camila have enjoyed a ‘blissful’ Indian spa break on the way home from their tour of Australia and Samoa
The 75-year-old monarch spent three days at the exclusive SOUKYA resort, pictured here
Both Charles and Camila visisted the holistic health retreat in Bangalore, southern India, back in 2019
Soukya is run by Dr Issac Mathai, who has been His Majesty’s holistic health consultant for decades. He has previously revealed the royals as ‘the least demanding of my guests’.
Their King and Queen’s days have started with morning yoga sessions followed by breakfast and rejuvenation treatments before a healthy vegetarian lunch.
A second round of therapies follows the mid-day meal ending with a meditation session before dinner and lights out by 9pm.
It is important to stress that the stay and therapies have no connection to the King’s ongoing cancer treatment.
Sources say it was simply a chance for Charles to rest and reset following a punishing trip abroad.
As exclusively revealed by the Daily Mail, the sovereign paused his unspecified cancer treatment on the agreement of his doctors in order to undertake the trip.
In fact the tour was considered such a success that medics have now given the king the go ahead to undertake a normal programme of foreign visits next year, subject to ongoing medical advice.
The exclusive resort is famed for its yoga and wellness programmes and Ayurvedic treatments
The Mail understands His Majesty decided to break up his journey from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the South Pacific with a mini-break with his wife
The renowned holistic centre has a raft of celebrity clientele, attracting the likes of Dame Emma Thompson
Charles helps to plant a tree at the Soykya resort on his 71st birthday back in November 2019
The King and Queen pictured attending a ceremony on the final day of the royal visit to Australia and Samoa
The King has previously visited the spa with his wife on several occasions and is said to adore its tranquility and focus on mind, body and soul.
The centre is set in 30 acres of lush, tropical ornamental gardens and organic farmland where fresh milk is collected daily from its own herd of cows and homegrown vegetables are picked to create delicious vegetarian meals (meat, sugar and alcohol are all banned, naturally, as are mobile phones).
Guests enjoy a restful stays crammed with yoga, meditation, massage and reflexology based on ancient Indian medicinal principles.
There’s also a daily morning dose of ‘shirodhara’, a calming treatment involving oil being dripped onto the forehead to realise your emotions, and massages involving warm poultices filled with herbs to ease back and neck tension.
The rooms are elegant but not opulent, boasting wooden four-posted beds outdoors showers and hydrotherapy baths.
The cost of the trip would have been met by the King privately and was undertaken on commercial flights.
