Overview
- Buckingham Palace released a new official photograph taken in May at Sandringham by Millie Pilkington, with related images featured in Country Life to highlight garden restorations.
- Charles and Queen Camilla attended a community reception at Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil for the site’s 200th anniversary, where he cut a castle-shaped birthday cake and greeted crowds in heavy rain.
- The King officially opened the South Wales Metro depot at Taff’s Well, toured a tram-train, and briefly sat in the driver’s seat as staff displayed a Welsh birthday message.
- Gun salutes were fired in Green Park and elsewhere, with bell ringing reported, as national traditions marked the monarch’s birthday.
- He continues public duties during ongoing cancer treatment, with recent context including the formal removal of Prince Andrew’s princely status via Letters Patent, and birthday wishes posted publicly by the Prince and Princess of Wales.