Overview
- Palace released a new Sandringham portrait showing the King with a walking stick, thanking well‑wishers on the Royal Family’s social accounts.
- Charles and Queen Camilla attended a reception at Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil, coinciding with the site’s 200th anniversary, and he cut a castle‑shaped birthday cake.
- The King also inaugurated the South Wales Metro depot at Taff’s Well, spoke with staff and schoolchildren, and took a brief cab ride in a new tram‑train despite heavy rain.
- Officials and UK media reiterated that he remains in cancer treatment as he continues a full slate of public duties, a pace Camilla has described as energizing for him.
- In the days leading up to his birthday, Charles removed Prince Andrew’s titles, and the Prince and Princess of Wales publicly sent birthday wishes on Instagram.