“I do apologize for taking you by surprise, when this opportunity appeared and I had been allowed out of my cage, I wanted to come to have a look,” he said to the commanding officer as he was being brought around.
It is believed that the King has been receiving outpatient cancer treatment this week.
While visiting the 3 Royal School of Military Engineering at Gibraltar Barracks in Minley, the monarch—who holds the rank of colonel-in-chief of the Royal Engineers—made the comments.
He seemed upbeat, assuring the wife of one soldier that “nothing but a strong drink won’t help” when she revealed that they had three kids.
The kids of some of the soldiers sent the King flowers and mugs that said “Royal Engineer”; six-year-old Louie Bacon gave the King a self-portrait.
The 75-year-old was not the only royal out and about on Thursday; he had just recently returned to public responsibilities after his cancer treatment was made public.
