King continues duties during cancer treatment: Smiling Charles holds traditional meeting with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of tomorrow’s Budget at Buckingham Palace

King Charles has shaken hands with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of tomorrow’s Budget.

Charles met with Mr Hunt in his private audience room at Buckingham Palace earlier on Tuesday.

The Chancellor usually meets the monarch the day before the government’s plans for the economy are presented in a statement to the House of Commons.

Charles, dressed in a blue suit and pale tie, smiled broadly as he welcomed Mr Hunt to the palace.

His Majesty later traveled to Clarence House while the Monarch continues his treatment cancer.

The king appeared to be in a positive mood as he was pictured returning to the royal residence.

The 75-year-old is not performing any public duties while he receives treatment, but continues to work on government papers behind the scenes.

As he steps back from official visits, other members of the royal family have taken on additional duties.

Queen Camilla has been holding down the fort since King Charles’ cancer diagnosis in January.

She has completed 13 official assignments solo since her husband’s condition came to light, but is now expected to hand over the government to the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne while she takes a break.

The king was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer earlier this year after hospital treatment for an enlarged prostate, which was unrelated to him.

He was treated at the same hospital as the Princess of Wales, who underwent abdominal surgery for an unknown condition in January.

Kensington Palace said last week that Kate would return to Royal appointments after Easter.

The Queen recently met Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska at Clarence House on Thursday.

They were talking while sitting in the Garden Room, with their meeting taking place just days after the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Camilla was also pictured putting her arm behind Ms Zelenska’s back as she led her down a corridor ahead of their meeting.

Ms Zelenska posted a video on social media of Camilla greeting her warmly with a kiss on both cheeks and saying: “Hello. How nice to see you.’

She wrote that she was “delighted to personally express my gratitude to Her Majesty Queen Camilla, and in her person to the entire @RoyalFamily and all the people of Great Britain for their support of (Ukraine) and our displaced people (internally displaced persons) .

‘Our values ​​are common: life, freedom, democracy. Thank you for standing up for them together today.”

The meeting also focused on the family photographs on display, including portraits of the Queen Mother, the late Queen, a teenage Prince Harry, and an image of the King cradling a baby in his arms, believed to be one of his grandchildren.

The Queen and the First Lady previously met in November 2022 at a reception at Buckingham Palace to raise awareness about violence against women.

Ms Zelenska was a guest at the coronation of the King and Queen last May, representing her war-torn country alongside Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Last week, Camilla also led the royal family at a memorial service for King Constantine of Greece at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales was visiting Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London on Friday to meet with youth representing Jewish students and others helping to combat anti-Semitism.

He also spent time with Holocaust survivor Renee Salt, 94, holding her hand after she shared her fears about the rise in hate and told her: “It must be terrible for you to find yourself here.” all to worry about and I’m sorry that it is. on this…it will get better.”

The future king’s visit to the synagogue came after he called for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas and increased humanitarian support for Gaza during a visit to the British Red Cross headquarters in London last week.

William heard the personal testimony of the young people who spoke about how Jewish students across the country have been affected by the rise of hatred on the streets of Britain, which has created a ‘climate of fear’.

He told them, ‘Well, you heard it from me, anti-Semitism has no place in society, you heard it from me. Okay, I’ve said that before and I’ll say it again.

‘And now that I’m hearing everything… your experiences, both Catherine and I are extremely concerned about the rise of anti-Semitism that you spoke so eloquently about this morning, and I’m so sorry that you had to experience that, it has no place and it shouldn’t happen.

“So that’s why I’m here today to reassure you that people do care, people are listening and we can’t let that continue.”

Kate was due to join William for the synagogue visit planned to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, but she is recovering from abdominal surgery.

Mrs. Salt remembered the princess when she spoke to William: “I’m sure if your wife had been well, she would have been here. I miss her so much, give her my best wishes.”

She told the prince how she was moved from ‘ghetto to ghetto’ during the Second World War and he expressed his condolences when she said her mother died 12 days after they were liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by the British army in 1945.

William suggested that it was important that those who had lived through the Holocaust continued to talk to the next generation. Ms Salt replied: ‘Some young people don’t even believe it ever happened.’