{"id":143068,"date":"2025-05-30T03:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143068\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T03:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:23:23","slug":"palace-aide-issues-king-charles-cancer-update-says-hes-trying-to-keep-life-as-normal-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143068\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace Aide Issues King Charles Cancer Update, Says He&#8217;s Trying to Keep Life &#8220;As Normal as Possible&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There haven&#8217;t been many <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-cancer-treatment-update-going-well-queen-camilla-son\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-cancer-treatment-update-going-well-queen-camilla-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updates<\/a> on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-health-update-southport-visit\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-health-update-southport-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles&#8217;s health<\/a> since he was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-has-cancer\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-has-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagnosed with cancer<\/a> in February 2024, but a senior royal aide has spoken out after The King and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Camilla<\/a> <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-must-face-fear-canada-tour\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-must-face-fear-canada-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visited Canada<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thing you learn about this illness is that you just manage it,&#8221; the palace staffer said, via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/834710\/king-charles-managing-cancer-with-duties\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/834710\/king-charles-managing-cancer-with-duties\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello!<\/a> &#8220;And that&#8217;s what he does. Medical science has made incredible advances and I genuinely see no difference in him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The aide continued, &#8220;As long as you just do what the doctors say, just live your life as normal as possible and that&#8217;s exactly what he is doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>The King\u2014who has not revealed the exact <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/why-king-charles-wont-reveal-specific-type-cancer\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/why-king-charles-wont-reveal-specific-type-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">type of cancer<\/a> he has\u2014receives regular outpatient treatments at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-visits-king-charles-hospital\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-visits-king-charles-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The London Clinic<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s no secret that he is still having treatment but because he is incredibly fit, he is just dealing with it all incredibly well,&#8221; the royal aide said. &#8220;As everybody knows he is driven by duty, so he just gets on with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.66%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F9hw9KFsh8iU7BSCKcgVP9.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles wearing a gray suit in front of two Canadian flags\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F9hw9KFsh8iU7BSCKcgVP9.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F9hw9KFsh8iU7BSCKcgVP9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The King is seen during his visit to Ottawa, Canada on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:65.75%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4fHvJ2WdH2g4bEeEUtExKg.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Queen Camilla wearing blue and smiling in Canada\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4fHvJ2WdH2g4bEeEUtExKg.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4fHvJ2WdH2g4bEeEUtExKg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The King and Queen took on two busy days in Canada earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, The King is so &#8220;driven by duty&#8221; that no one can <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/palace-officials-asked-king-charles-slow-down-queen-camilla\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/palace-officials-asked-king-charles-slow-down-queen-camilla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get him to slow down<\/a> other than Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n<p>Per his aide, staffers have been &#8220;planning the programme as usual, trying to lighten it a little bit&#8221; following Their Majesties&#8217; tiring trip to Canada. However, the hardworking monarch doesn&#8217;t seem to be keen on reducing his schedule, with the staffer noting his team has not had &#8220;much success&#8221; in that matter.<\/p>\n<p>In April, a senior aide to The King said, per <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/34436351\/king-charles-refusing-slow-down-work-cancer-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/34436351\/king-charles-refusing-slow-down-work-cancer-treatment\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a>, &#8220;We&#8217;ve all tried!&#8221; when asked about getting the monarch to relax on his duties. The employee added, &#8220;But as people will have seen, The King enjoys his work.&#8221; Even after he was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-hospitalization-bump-in-the-road\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/king-charles-hospitalization-bump-in-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">briefly hospitalized<\/a> due to side effects from cancer treatment this spring, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-charles\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-charles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a> was back to duties as usual and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/touching-secret-detail-king-charles-queen-camilla-anniversary-photos\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/touching-secret-detail-king-charles-queen-camilla-anniversary-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traveled to Rome<\/a> with Queen Camilla for an official state visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen agreed that her husband &#8220;loves his work and it keeps him going.&#8221; She added, &#8220;And I think it&#8217;s wonderful, you know, if you&#8217;ve been ill and you are recovering, you&#8217;re getting better and now he wants to do more and more and more. That&#8217;s the problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There haven&#8217;t been many updates on King Charles&#8217;s health since he was diagnosed with cancer in February 2024,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-143068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114594644393164686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}