King Charles III released his first statement since being hospitalized on Thursday (March 27) amid his ongoing cancer battle. The beloved royal addressed the people of Myanmar following Friday's (March 28) earthquake that killed over 1,

At this most difficult and heartbreaking of times, my wife and I send our deepest possible sympathy," the monarch said in a statement on March 29

Charles took part in 372 public engagements last year, even after stepping aside for almost three months because of cancer treatment, according to data compiled by The Times of London newspaper. That made him the second-busiest royal behind his sister, Princes Anne, who had 474 engagements.