King Charles will be "glad to get home" to resume cancer treatment after suffering a "gruelling" tour of Australia and Samoa, it has been claimed.
The King and Queen are returning to the UK after an 11-day tour of Australia and Samoa, which was met with protests from republicans, including Victoria Senator Lidia Thorpe.
Upon departing Samoa, the monarch said he shall "always remain devoted to this part of the world", and hopes he "survives long enough to come back again and see you".
Sharing his verdict of the tour, former royal vorrespondent at The Sun Charles Rae claimed the King "looked a little bit tired" by the end of the 11-day trip, given his pause in cancer treatment and extensive schedule.
King Charles will be 'glad to get home' after his 'gruelling' tour of Australia and Samoa
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Rae praised the King following the tour, claiming: "I thought it was a fabulous tour. When you think that some of the Republicans in Australia were dubbing it the 'farewell tour', it turns out it's the 'please come back soon' tour.
"In Australia, there's always been talk of republicanism and everything else, and it turns out in the end, with the greatest respect to them, to be a damp squib."
Noting how many royal fans "turned out in their droves" to see the King and Queen, some days in their thousands, Rae added that despite a small minority of protests, the monarch is "very welcome" in the country.
Rae told GB News: "Australia will still be welcoming again in the very near future, and the same in Samoa.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Samoa after the Kings international first tour as monarch
PA"His one liners are quite good as well. And his comment about 'surviving long enough' was done tongue in cheek, thinking he will hopefully come back one one day."
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Analysing the King's health on the tour, Rae claimed that Charles looked "tired" during one of the ceremonies.
Rae recalled: "There was one stage where I saw the King and Queen sitting on those armchairs, and Camilla lifted her fan up to speak to the King, and I just thought he looked a little bit tired.
"It's been a gruelling eleven days, and some of those days he was doing ten functions a day. So I think he'll be glad to get back home, and glad to restart this cancer treatment."
Echoing the thoughts of Rae, GB News host Stephen Dixon suggested the trip must have been "particularly hard work" given his age and the pause on his cancer treatment.
Charles Rae says King Charles was 'looking tired' during his tour of Australia and Samoa
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Rae added: "When I was doing these trips, I was a lot younger than 75. And I can assure you, it took it out of you. We had to stand around for hours, and we had to travel all the long journeys as well. And the king and Queen have done exactly the same.
"So when he comes back, let's let's give him a few days off, he deserves it."
Pressing Rae on whether the King would consider abdicating and allowing Prince William to ascend the throne, Rae affirmed that Charles "will not give it all up" before his passing.
Rae concluded: "That's just not in his psyche. The monarchy exists and when he passes on, then William will become King.
"That's the way it is. He's not going to give it all up and sit in some retirement home somewhere. That's just not going to happen at all. Never."
