The King is to tour Australia and Samoa with a “restricted” programme as he continues his remedy for most cancers.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed The King and The Queen will undertake an autumn tour in October 2024, which can embrace visits to Australia and Samoa, the place the couple will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Assembly (CHOGM) 2024.
But as with King Charles’s latest engagements, the journey’s programme will likely be “topic to medical doctors’ recommendation, and any needed modifications on well being grounds”.
The tour had initially been deliberate to incorporate New Zealand, however the palace has now confirmed the nation gained’t be included.
Scaled again
The size of the journey has additionally been considerably scaled again from the unique plans made earlier than The King’s most cancers prognosis, when the couple have been anticipated to be away for round three weeks.
Now, The King and The Queen will likely be away for roughly ten days in whole, together with journey time, The Telegraph understands.
A Palace spokesman stated: “The King and The Queen will go to Australia on the invitation of the Australian Authorities, the place their programme will characteristic engagements within the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
“Their Majesties’ State Go to to Samoa will rejoice the sturdy bilateral relationship between the Pacific Island nation and the UK.”
When it was reported earlier this month that New Zealand had been minimize from the journey, the prime minister stated he had an “open invitation” to go to.
