LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will return to public duties on Tuesday when he visits a most cancers therapy charity, starting his rigorously managed comeback after the monarch’s personal most cancers prognosis sidelined him for 3 months.

The occasion marks the king’s first formal public engagement since Feb. 6, when Buckingham Palace introduced that he could be taking a break from public duties to give attention to his therapy for an undisclosed sort of most cancers.

Will probably be the primary of a number of public appearances Charles will make within the coming weeks as he prepares to host a state go to by the emperor and empress of Japan in June.

It’s unclear how lots of the summer season’s conventional royal occasions, together with the king’s formal birthday parade and the horse racing at Royal Ascot, Charles will attend as his therapy continues. The palace mentioned final week that docs had been “very inspired” by the king’s progress, however his schedule could be adjusted as wanted to guard his restoration.

For now, Tuesday’s look offers Charles one other alternative to lift consciousness of the advantages of early prognosis and therapy of most cancers and different well being issues as he has finished all through his sickness.

Not like most royals earlier than him, Charles selected to publicly disclose particulars about his well being when he first underwent therapy for an enlarged prostate and later when he was recognized with most cancers. The choice raised consciousness of those points.

The Nationwide Well being Service in England mentioned the variety of individuals looking for recommendation about prostate issues elevated 11-fold within the weeks after Charles’ introduced he was present process therapy.