King Charles III smiled and waved to members of the public Friday as he left his home in London, the day after a brief hospitalization for the side effects from his cancer treatment. The king’s appointments for the day were canceled following his "short period of observation in hospital” on Thursday,

King Charles III issued a statement for the first time since he was hospitalized. The statement addresses the "devastating" earthquake in Myanmar.

King Charles III waved to well-wishers in central London on Friday as he headed for his country estate in western England a day after he was briefly hospitalized because of side effects from a scheduled cancer treatment.