{"id":34194,"date":"2026-05-12T03:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34194\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:01:41","slug":"king-charles-meets-fellow-cancer-patients-at-a-hospital-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34194\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles meets fellow cancer patients at a hospital in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Charles Prince of Wales Formal Wear Clothing Suit Accessories Tie Face Head and Person\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2275094123.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>King Charles made a poignant trip to Guy&#8217;s Hospital in London on 11 May<\/p>\n<p>Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>King Charles has made a poignant outing to meet with fellow cancer patients at Guy&#8217;s Hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/london-uk\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The King, who announced in December that his own cancer treatment was going well enough to be \u2018reduced\u2019, marked the Hospital&#8217;s 300th anniversary with a visit to the Cancer Centre, where he met with chemotherapy patients and medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival at the hospital\u2019s Innovation Hub, His Majesty, who serves as Patron of King\u2019s College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/london-uk\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a>, heard about how staff and researchers are using AI and robotics to treat patients. He watched a demonstration of a robotically assisted surgical system before visiting the \u2018Chemotherapy Village\u2019, where he met with fellow patients.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Head Person Clothing Formal Wear Suit Adult Face and Coat\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2275094329.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The King marked the 300th anniversary of Guy&#8217;s Hospital with a special outing this Monday<\/p>\n<p>Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>King Charles was first diagnosed with cancer in February 2024 and has been more honest about his health battle than any monarch in history. In December, he released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/video\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> opening up about his diagnosis in honour of Channel 4\u2019s Stand Up To Cancer campaign, admitting that he found his cancer journey \u2018overwhelming\u2019 at times.<\/p>\n<p>In the pre-recorded message, the King revealed his own treatment would be scaled back in 2026. \u2018I am able to share with you the good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/news\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a> that thanks to early diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/doctors\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">doctors<\/a>\u2019 orders\u201d, my own schedule of cancer treatment can be reduced in the New Year,&#8217; His Majesty said in the televised message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles made a poignant trip to Guy&#8217;s Hospital in London on 11 May Anadolu\/Getty Images King Charles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1049,27,18,1760],"class_list":{"0":"post-34194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-king-charles-iii","9":"tag-london","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116559379377708180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}