Sources say side-effects from cancer treatment were ‘minor bump’ in the road, and Italy trip expected to go ahead

King Charles smiled and waved at well-wishers as he was seen in public for the first time since it was revealed he had been in hospital over side-effects from his cancer treatment.

Charles, 76, left Clarence House in London on Friday morning in a black Audi to travel to his Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, it is understood.