LONDON: King Charles III is scheduled to attend an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, said Buckingham Palace on Friday.
This would be his first overseas trip since being diagnosed with cancer.
The 75-year-old British Morach, who only recently resumed public engagements, will attend the event at the British Normandy Memorial in northern France on June 6.
Queen Camilla, 76, and elder son Prince William, 41, will accompany King Charles who will join Canadian veterans at the Juno Beach Center at Courseulles-sur-Mer, along the Channel coast.
William will later join more than 25 heads of state, representing his father at the international commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach, where US troops landed.
Charles and Camilla will travel to France, where they made a three-day state visit last year, after attending the UK’s national commemorative event in Portsmouth.
Senior royals will also be present both in UK and France for the anniversary, which is likely to be the last to feature war veterans.
As head of state, Charles is commander-in-chief of the British armed forces but he also served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
His son William was a search and rescue pilot in RAF before becoming a full-time royal.
William’s wife Catherine, 42, who is receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer, will not attend the event. She was last seen at a public engagement in December last year.
