The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
King gets back to royal duties at Windsor
The King is expected to carry out his first major investiture today since being diagnosed with cancer.
Charles will knight the Archbishop of Canterbury for his key role in the coronation, and bestow a damehood on bestselling author Jilly Cooper.
The monarch, who was given permission by his doctors to return to public duties last month, will greet 52 recipients one by one at Windsor Castle.
Although it will be his largest indoor ceremony for many months, the investiture is on a slightly smaller scale than usual. Around 60 people, and sometimes more than 70, are typically invested with their honours, watched by their chosen guests.
It will be the first investiture ceremony the King has conducted for five months, with his last one taking place on December 19, a month before he was admitted to hospital for treatment on his prostate.
Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Justin Welby has been made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his personal service to the Crown during the coronation at Westminster Abbey in May.
Awards of the Royal Victorian Order are in the King’s gift and are bestowed independently of Downing Street to people who have served the monarch or the royal family in a personal way.
The archbishop conducted the service for the coronation and had the momentous task of anointing and crowning the King and the Queen.
Dame Jilly, who is being honoured for services to literature and to charity, is known for her fiction focusing on scandal and adultery in upper class society.