Camilla issues playful warning to King about his ongoing cancer treatment

The King is expected to attend Trooping the Colour amid his cancer treatment, but by carriage instead of the traditional horseback.

King Charles is determined to attend his birthday parade in London on 15 June, say sources, with concessions as his cancer treatment continues.

Instead of riding on horseback as he did last year, the monarch will travel by carriage from Buckingham Palace and watch the pageantry from a podium.

The Buckingham Palace and Ministry of Defence have been exploring ways for several weeks to find ways for the king to be a part of the celebrations without undue risk to his health.

It is unclear if the Princess of Wales will attend the ceremony.

Palace insiders said he is grateful to have been “trusted and supported” enough to take official photographs of the family at their milestone occasions and now to be granted this official seal of approval.

“I always want people when they’re looking at the subjects in my photographs to feel that they could be in conversation with that person,” he said.

“So they really feel emotion and a connection with the person they are looking at.”

The photographer, who previously was by royal appointment to Charles when he was still prince, is acclaimed for capturing other famous faces including Michael Jackson and Victoria Beckham, began his royal work with none other than Queen Camilla.

This was back when she was still Camilla Parker Bowles and the Tatler photographer of more than two decades got the job through a recommendation.

On June 5, the Princess Royal, accompanied by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, will unveil a statue of a Second World War Canadian Royal Regina Rifleman and attend a reception in Normandy with members of the regiment.

They will also join Normandy veterans at an RBL commemoration service at Bayeux War Cemetery and attend an annual service of remembrance at Bayeux Cathedral.

On June 6, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will join veterans and their families at the RBL’s remembrance service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, while the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are expected to attend a commemorative event at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The announcement follows a number of official appearances Charles has made since his return to public duties after his cancer diagnosis.

This week he visited Middle Wallop air base in Hampshire to hand over a role with the Army Air Corps to the Prince of Wales, hosted his first investiture ceremony since returning to official duties, unveiled his first portrait as king, attended a service honouring the Order of the British Empire at St Paul’s Cathedral and hosted a garden party for 4,000 people from the creative industries.

Kate appealed for her family to have time, space and privacy when she announced her diagnosis of an undisclosed form of cancer in March, and said she had begun chemotherapy.

Her husband gave a positive update about her treatment as he toured a hospital on the Isles of Scilly last Friday, saying “she’s doing well”.

The King, Queen and Prince of Wales will attend commemorative events in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Buckingham Palace has said.

Charles and Camilla will be at the Ministry of Defence and Royal British Legion’s (RBL) event at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer on June 6, and William will attend the Canadian commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, on the same date.

The prince will then attend the international commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, later that day alongside 25 heads of state and veterans from around the world.

The Princess of Wales is not expected to travel to France.

On June 5, Charles, Camilla and William will attend the UK’s national commemorative event in Portsmouth.

Other members of the royal family will also mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings over the two dates.

The 28-year-old granddaughter of the Duke of Kent and King Charles’s second cousin once removed, showed off her plot for the first time ahead of next week’s opening.

“So excited and honoured to be a very small part of the team for Kent Wildflower Seeds’s first garden at the Chelsea Flower Show,” she wrote on Instagram.

As revealed on Instagram, she is showcasing her gardening talents by creating a wildflower pot for the show which runs from the 21st to the 25th of May.

Amelia is not the only member of her family to have a passion for the natural world, so too does her cousin, King Charles, who has confirmed that he will be visiting the Chelsea Flower Show on on Monday alongside Queen Camilla.

The Princess Royal “asked pertinent questions” at a Buckingham Palace garden party about the work of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS), a Second World War veteran said.

The event on Friday was attended by 2,000 beneficiaries of The Not Forgotten Association which provides entertainment, leisure and recreation for ex-servicemen and women and serving personnel with disabilities, illness or injuries.

Anne has been the patron of the charity, which supported more than 12,000 individuals last year, since 2000. Accompanied by her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the royal couple stood on the steps of the garden to observe the national anthem, before greeting representatives and beneficiaries of the organisation.

Anne, wearing a beige dress and jacket with cream gloves and a pearl necklace, smiled and laughed as she shook hands and spoke with attendees including veterans from all services.

Marie Scott, 97, who lives near Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey, worked as a radio operator on D-Day at 17 years old to relay messages to the frontline on the beaches in France. She spoke with the princess about her time in the WRNS.

Ms Scott said: “She asked me about my service. I told her where I was but she’d clearly heard of Fort Southwick because she asked pertinent questions so it was very interesting.”

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh took part in a special Church of Scotland service during a visit to Edinburgh.

The Ceremony of the Keys was held at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Friday, to mark the start of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

The guard of honour, Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland marched during the ceremony.

Chief Constable of Police Scotland, Jo Farrell also attended, and journalist, TV correspondent and British Army reservist Major-General Alastair Bruce.

During the Ceremony of the Keys the Lord High Commissioner, in this case the Duke of Edinburgh, as the King’s representative, receives the keys from the Lord Provost.

He was previously Lord High Commissioner in 2014, as Earl of Wessex, and represented his mother, the late Queen.