Britain's Queen Camilla visits Northern Ireland without King

A frequent visitor to Ireland, Queen Camilla has begun her first solo trip to Northern Ireland as King Charles eases off on his engagements due to cancer treatment.

Queen Camilla has arrived in Northern Ireland to take part in a series of en‐ gagements on behalf of the Royal Family. King Charles was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and has eased off on his Royal engagements while re‐ ceiving treatment.

Queen Camilla arrived at Hillsborough Castle, in County Down, on Wednesday evening, and will carry out a series of engagements on Thursday. As the Queen arrived at the British Royal Family's res‐ idence in Northern Ireland a bugler wel‐ comed her. She was also greeted by the Lord Lieutenant for County Down, Gawn Rowan Hamilton, and castle staff. Her Majesty The Queen has arrived at Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a day of engagements in Northern Ireland tomor‐ row. pic.twitter.com/jk1mrYQhJS

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King Charles and Queen Camilla last visited Northern Ireland in May 2023, which was the monarch's 42nd trip to the region. The couple visited following King Charles' coronation earlier that month. The Royal couple visited for the official opening of the Coronation Garden, at Hazelbank Park in Newtown‐ abbey, County Antrim, designed by Diar‐ muid Gavin.

Since her marriage to King Charles in 2005, The Queen has become patron or president of over 90 charities. Her Ma‐ jesty’s charity work is varied but several themes prevail: health and well-being, promoting literacy, the arts, animal wel‐ fare and supporting survivors of rape and sexual assault.