The Prince of Wales is likely to return to work next week, Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English has told Palace Confidential.
With three senior royals currently out of action, the past couple of weeks have looked relatively different for The Firm.
The Prince of Wales, 41, has been caring for Kate Middleton, 42, as she recovers from an abdominal surgery at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Great Park.
Meanwhile, King Charles is recuperating after undergoing a successful procedure for an enlarged prostate.
However, speaking on the Mail+’s weekly talk show, the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English, revealed that a sense of normality should be restored by the end of next week.
‘I think we could see him [William] doing some public engagements towards the end of next week I have to say. I think he’ll start to go back to work once she’s [Kate] settled,’ Rebecca said.
Prince William is likely to be back carrying out public engagements from next week, royal expert Rebecca English (pictured) told PALACE CONFIDENTIAL
Speaking to podcast host Jo Elvin, Mail on Sunday’s Editor at Large Charlotte Griffiths and the Daily Mail’s diary editor Richard Eden, Rebecca explained that both Kate and Charles are doing well.
But while Rebecca believes that William will make an imminent return to the public eye, Charles is expected to recuperate in private until the end of the month.
‘The King headed immediately for Clarence House, which is a London residence, and my understanding was that it was because he wanted to be within the vicinity of the hospital just for the first few days’, Rebecca said.
She added: But after that I suspect he will head out to the country, maybe Windsor or Highgrove, for the next two or three weeks for recuperation.’
‘I doubt we’ll see him until the end of February out in public,’ the royal expert concluded.
The 75-year-old monarch was admitted to the private hospital last Friday morning at about 9am as he underwent a corrective procedure for the benign condition.
It has been reported Charles could take up to a month off from public duties as he recuperates.
Kate, on the other hand, is not expected to carry out official engagements until after Easter, with her husband Prince William clearing his diary of official duties as she recovers at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Great Park.
The Prince of Wales has been out of action while caring for his wife in Adelaide Cottage in Windsor
MailOnline understands her return to official duties will depend on medical advice closer to the time, and William will return to public engagements once she is settled.
Elsewhere on the show, the royal experts discussed the meaning behind King Charles’ visit to his daughter-in-law in hospital last week, after arriving with Queen Camilla to prepare for his own surgery.
Along with Queen Camilla, His Majesty visited Catherine’s room at the private London Clinic in Marylebone, where she had spent a tenth night following what has only been described as ‘planned abdominal surgery’.
The visit comes as somewhat of a surprise because, put simply, royals don’t tend to visit each other in hospital, or at least only very rarely.
The late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip for example, would often attend hospital appointments alone.
Speaking to podcast host Jo Elvin (far right), Mail on Sunday’s Editor at Large, Charlotte Griffiths (far left) and the Daily Mail’s diary editor Richard Eden (left), Rebecca (right) explained the significance behind His Majesty’s unexpected visit to Kate
On the topic Rebeca said: ‘It’s not something the royals tend to do…and also, let’s face it, there’s not a lot of daughters in laws recovering from a big operation that might necessarily want their father-in-law coming to see them, they might want to limit their family members.’
She added: ‘I think it’s a real show of the depth of their relationship and the fact that he would make a detour while worried about his own surgery to go and see her, and that she would welcome it.’
‘It was a good moment to remark on the relationship between Charles and in his daughter-in-law,’ Rebecca concluded.
Jo Elvin turned to Richard to ask his opinion, to which he replied: ‘There is a real family there beneath The Firm.’
