King Charles stepped out on his 76th birthday and met with the Mayor of London.
The King was pictured shaking hands with Sadiq Khan ahead of opening a food hub in London.
King Charles is treating his birthday as a normal working day and is carrying out royal duties today.
The King is opening two Coronation Food Hubs to mark the project’s first anniversary.
King Charles stepped out on his 76th birthday and met with the Mayor of London.
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The hubs will be major distribution centres, designed to save and circulate tonnes of surplus food and aim to transform the ability of charities like FareShare and the Felix Project to support communities most in need.
The monarch will open the initiative’s first two hubs, with the second being opened virtually after his public engagement in London.
King Charles is touring the new facility, meeting beneficiaries and representatives of food banks, schools and community groups.
During his visit, the King viewed a newly installed industrial freezer that will increase capacity by 400 percent, significantly improving the charity’s ability to preserve more surplus food.
The King is opening two Coronation Food Hubs to mark the project’s first anniversary.
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The King’s birthday is November 14, the day he was born in 1948, but his official birthday was marked on June 15, when the King’s Birthday Parade, commonly known as Trooping the Colour, was held in London.
Princess Kate made her first public appearance of 2024 at Trooping the Colour.
It was a milestone appearance for the Princess of Wales following her cancer diagnosis at the start of the year.
Princess Kate has made multiple high-profile public appearances since Trooping the Colour, including attending two Remembrance events over the weekend.
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King Charles is touring the new facility, meeting beneficiaries and representatives of food banks, schools and community groups.
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Prince William said last week that the Princess of Wales will return to royal duties in 2025.
Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer in February 2024.
The King stepped back from royal duties for a short period before returning to undertaking engagements in late April.
King Charles and Queen Camilla undertook a 10-day tour of Australia and Samoa in October.