King Charles is set for a 'usual working week' after he was briefly hospitalized on March 27 following a negative reaction to his routine cancer treatment, according to Buckingham Palace aides.

King Charles III has waved to well-wishers in central London as he headed for his country estate in western England.

The King is preparing for a working week following his short stay in hospital a few days ago after experiencing temporary side effects from his cancer treatment.Charles will be carrying out a mix of public engagements, state duties and private meetings over the coming days and is expected to begin his week at Windsor Castle, it is understood.A small number of appointments have been rescheduled to ensure an appropriate balance ahead of a busy state visit the King and Queen will make to Italy next week.Charles was pictured smiling and waving as he left his Clarence House home in central London on Friday where he spent the night with the Queen following the “minor bump” in his cancer journey.The King cancelled a busy away-day in Birmingham on Friday to prioritise his recovery, after experiencing temporary side effects following treatment at the London Clinic on Thursday morning that required a short period of hospital observation that day.Charles was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in February 2024 and returned to public-facing duties last April, despite still undergoing weekly treatment.Charles is said to have had a restful weekend and will be seen for the first time at an official event when he hosts a Windsor Castle investiture ceremony.The King will make TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh a CBE for services to horticulture and charity and reigning world heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be made an MBE for services to athletics.On Wednesday, the King will fulfil official duties and meetings at Buckingham Palace and hold his weekly audience with the Prime Minister, and the following day will attend a public engagement in Windsor and celebrate the 80th anniversary of the humanitarian air operator Mission Aviation Fellowship during an event at RAF Northolt in west London.Friday will be spent making final preparations for the state visit to the Republic of Italy but the separate state visit to the Holy See, the government of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Vatican – the world’s smallest independent state – has been postponed as the Pope is recovering from a bout of pneumonia.The Sun on Sunday newspaper said in a report that the King had pulled out of two private overseas visits, his annual break to Romania where he owns a property and a short trip to a luxury spa resort in Africa earlier this month.Sources said last week that the King’s visit to the London Clinic on Thursday had not been not a major development, and was described as the “most minor bump in a road that is very much heading in the right direction”.