Queen Camillaoffered a new comment on howKing Charlesis doing while receivingcancer treatmentduring her solo trip to Northern Ireland.
On Thursday, the Queen, 76, stepped out in Belfast to check out some of the city’s artisan and family-run food shops, where she briefly spoke about her husband’s health at the Arcadia Delicatessen.
“He’s doing very well. He was very disappointed he couldn’t come,” Queen Camilla said after shop assistant Brenda Robb gave her a get-well card for the King, 75, and shared well-wishes,Hello!magazinereported. According to the outlet, the royal had something playful to say when someone cracked a joke about men “not being the best patients.”
“I try to keep him in order,” Queen Camilla replied about her husband of 18 years.
Queen Camilla visits the Arcadia food store on March 21, 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Samir Hussein - Pool/Getty
Samir Hussein - Pool/Getty
The Queen spoke about King Charles again during a stop at the family-run Coffey’s Butcher, which has been in business since 1929, when she accepted a gift of the store’s specialties including vegetable rolls, beef sausages and Belfast pickle.
“I shall take these back to my husband. He will really make the most of them,” Queen Camilla said of the treats,Hello!reported.
Queen Camilla smiles as she attends the “Northern Ireland: Poets and Their Place” at Hillsborough Castle during her visit to Northern Ireland on March 21, 2024.Chris Jackson - Pool/Getty
Chris Jackson - Pool/Getty
The Queen also popped into Knotts Bakery, where she made no promises that the fruit loaf and iced madeira they gave her would make it home for the King to sample.
“She said she’d eat some of them on the way home,” family bakery co-owner William Corrie the outlet.
Queen Camilla visits Knotts Bakery on March 21, 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Samir Hussein - Pool/Getty
The Queen then traveled back to Hillsborough Castle, which is the official royal residence for members of the British royal family while in Northern Ireland, where her charity The Queen’s Reading Room hosted the event “Northern Ireland: Poets and Their Place” on World Poetry Day.
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The palace has not specified the type of cancer (though a spokesperson confirmed it is not prostate cancer following the King’s treatment forbenign prostate enlargementin January), and King Charles has continued to work behind the scenes. A source close to the royal household previouslytold PEOPLEsays that the monarch is “coping well” with his treatment.
The sovereign appeared ingood spiritson Tuesday when he met Korean War veterans to mark the 70th anniversary of the conflict (which was in July 2023) at Buckingham Palace.
King Charles meets Korean War veterans on March 19, 2024.Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images
source: people.com
