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The Britain’s King and Queen made a “private stopover” at a wellness resort in Bengaluru last month on their way back from Australia and Samoa.
King Charles III with his wife, Queen Camilla at the Buckingham Palace, London. (Image: (Aaron Chown/PA via AP))
London: Britain’s King Charles III is
planning
an official visit to India shortly as part of a government charm offensive and an added boost for his health since a cancer diagnosis earlier in the year, a UK media report claimed on Saturday.
According to the Daily Mirror, the visit will also include stops in Pakistan and Bangladesh as part of a subcontinent tour that had been abandoned in the wake of the passing of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.
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The 76-year-old monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, 77, made a “private stopover” at a wellness resort in Bengaluru last month on their way back from Australia and Samoa and are believed to be
planning
a return.
“It’s hugely encouraging to be able to make such plans for the King and Queen given the year the monarch has had, but it’s very much full steam ahead,” the newspaper quoted a source as saying.
“A tour of the Indian subcontinent is in the offing, which will be of huge political and cultural significance for Britain on the world stage. The King and Queen are the perfect ambassadors at such a time,” the source said.
Buckingham Palace had revealed the King’s cancer diagnosis in February and a spokesperson has since confirmed that with his medical treatment progressing well they were considering a “pretty normal-looking full overseas tour programme for next year”.
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