Elderly and sick king revealed as powerless Cancer-struck King Charles looked an isolated monarch Sunday as he attended a pivotal veterans’ memorial event in London without his wife, Queen Camilla, who is fighting a chest infection,

The British royal family is gradually returning to normal as King Charles and Kate Middleton resume their public after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Kate Middleton’s appearance at a Remembrance event with other royals highlights her recovery since announcing her diagnosis in June.

Britain’s Prince William described the past year as “brutal” as he faced work while his wife and father were treated for cancer.