The king awarded a high military title to his son at a time when the monarch accelerates his return to public functions.
England’s King Charles presented a high military title to his son, Prince William, on Monday in a ceremony that marked a rare joint appearance, as the monarch accelerates his return to public duties following his cancer diagnosis.
Carlos gave Guillermo the title of Colonel Chief of the Army Air Corps, a position that the 75-year-old monarch held for 32 years, in front of an Apache helicopter and under the gaze of service personnel at the Army Flight Museum, in the south of England.
“He is a very good pilot,” Carlos said of his son, who flew search and rescue helicopters for the British Royal Air Force.
The visit is Charles’s latest engagement since returning to work in late April, almost three months after Buckingham Palace announced he was being treated for an unspecified form of cancer.
Guillermo, 41, had also taken a break from his official duties for several weeks in March and April of this year, choosing to spend time with his wife and take care of her after she revealed she was undergoing preventative cancer chemotherapy. On Friday he said his wife “is fine.”
At the transfer of power ceremony, Carlos said he was saying goodbye with “sadness,” but that the Army Air Corps would go “from strength to strength” under the direction of his son.
Source: Ambito
