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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Duchess Sophie Stepped Up to Represent King Charles at Event Amid Calls for King Charles to "Slow Down"

King Charles wears a gray suit and Duchess Sophie, who is wearing a white shirt dress and a wide-brimmed hat, touches his shoudler.

Despite fighting cancer, King Charles isn't slowing down anytime soon. The 76-year-old monarch is carrying on with a "business as usual" attitude when it comes to his royal duties, and as Queen Camilla told reporters last week (via the Sun), work "keeps him going." After finishing their state visit to Italy on April 10, The King and Queen returned to the U.K., but on Friday, April 11, the Duchess of Edinburgh stood in for her brother-in-law at a special event.

Duchess Sophie—who is married to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's youngest son, Prince Edward—represented The King during the Sovereign’s Parade at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, where both Prince Harry and Prince William went through their military training.

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