Newspaper headlines: Royals on road to recovery and farmers besiege Paris

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King leaves hospital with CamillaImage source, PA Media

Most of Tuesday's newspapers have front page images of the King and Catherine, Princess of Wales, who left the central London hospital where they were both being treated.

"Royals on road to recovery," declares the Metro as it leads on the King and princess, external being discharged from the private London Clinic after surgery.

The Daily Mail reports Catherine has reunited with her children for the first time in two weeks because they were not taken to visit her in hospital. It says she is not expected to do any official engagements, external until after Easter.

"A picture of health", is the accompanying caption of an image of the King on the front of the Daily Telegraph. The paper said King Charles waved to crowds, external and said he is "grateful for everyone's kind wishes" as he departed London Clinic accompanied by the Queen

The Daily Express has a similar image of King Charles with the paper's message to the royals: "wishing you both well". The tabloid reports the King could be off work for a month following his three-night stay, external in the Marylebone hospital.

In other domestic news, "Dismay as households face £2bn council tax increase", is the Guardian's lead. It reports officials in the levelling up department have told council bosses in England they expect billpayers to get the maximum possible rise of almost 5% from April, external. A government spokesperson said councils are responsible for their own finances - but they should be mindful of cost of living pressures.

The Times has learnt Iranian dissidents living in the UK have been warned by counterterrorism police in the past fortnight of an increased risk of violence and kidnap, external. Potential targets have been told that Tehran is using proxies such as gangs to carry out assassination attempts, make death threats and engage in other types of intimidation.

England and Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is pictured on the front of the Sun as the tabloid claims the 26-year-old was out drinking in Belfast until the early hours last week, external and "called in sick". Manchester United say Rashford "has taken responsibility for his actions" after reports he was seen in nightspots in Northern Ireland on Wednesday and Thursday evening.

Finally, the Financial Times claims Flutter, the gambling group which owns Paddy Power, is planning to quit the UK's FTSE 100 index by moving its primary listing to New York, dealing what it describes as "another blow to London's ailing equity market"., external