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Following King Charles III's cancer diagnosis, Buckingham Palace said Feb. 5 that though British monarch is temporarily postponing his public-facing duties, he will continue with state business as usual. According to the palace, Charles returned to London on Feb. 5 from his royal estate in Sandringham to begin outpatient treatment.
The Regency Act 1937 and Counsellors of State, explained Regency Acts are acts created by Parliament if a reigning monarch is incapacitated or unable to carry out their official duties. A regent is the person appointed if a monarch becomes “permanently incapacitated,” per the House of Commons, a democratically elected house of the UK Parliament.