King Charles is taking a well deserved break on Thursday as he steps away from his royal duties for the first time since his mother, The Queen died last week.
Immediately upon Queen Elizabeth’s death on Thursday September 8, Charles became the King and set in motion a week of back-to-back royal engagements that have taken him to all four corners of the UK.
Yet now, one week on since his mother’s death, the King has finally been given a day to himself in what has been described as a “private day of reflection” ahead of ongoing preparations for his mother’s funeral on Monday.
Travelling by helicopter to his wife Camilla’s Wiltshire estate, King Charles then made the 30 minute drive to his private residence in Highgrove, where he will step away from all public duties for the day, before returning to his engagements on Friday September 16.
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