Royal biographer Hugo Vickers said the King's return to duties is a sign he is "on the way to recovery." Buckingham Palace confirmed today that His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis. "I think the most difficult thing for him was he was really getting into his stride as head of state and he was doing so much and then suddenly he was confined to base. We'll be very pleased to see him and he'll be delighted to be out and about again," Mr Vickers added. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I think the King will be extremely pleased to be out and about again. It's very good news.
00:04 It shows that he's on the way to recovery and I think we'll all be delighted to see him.
00:10 I think the most difficult thing for him was that he was really getting into his stride as Head of State
00:14 and he was doing so much and then suddenly he was kind of confined to base.
00:18 Obviously he was able to fulfil his constitutional duties during that time
00:22 but it's not quite the same as being out and meeting people which is what he really enjoys.
00:26 So I think we'll be really pleased to see him and I'm sure he'll be delighted to be out and about again.
00:30 There's a State visit coming up from the Emperor of Japan. That's very exciting.
00:34 There are all sorts of things like Garter Day, Royal Ascot, Garden Parties.
00:38 He will do whatever he possibly can but as with anybody who's been having treatment
00:43 I think we must understand if one day he just doesn't feel like doing it,
00:47 it doesn't mean it's the end of the world or anything, we must just pace him as best as possible.
00:51 But the main thing is that we shall see him again.