London: Queen Camilla will be the most high-profile public face of the British monarchy as her husband King Charles III and his daughter-in-law recuperate from surgery.
Charles, 75, spent three nights in hospital recovering from an operation on an enlarged prostate, and was discharged on Monday.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, 42, also had abdominal surgery at the same private clinic, and is now back home with her husband, Prince William, and their three children.
With Charles and Kate facing weeks of rest and recuperation, and heir to the throne William, 41, tending to his wife, the burden of public engagements has now fallen largely on the 76-yearold queen.
It also means greater roles in the short term for the king’s only sister, Princess Anne, 73, and the younger of his…