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Dame Joanna Lumley has showered praise on King Charles as he continues to battle cancer.<\/p>\n

The Absolutely Fabulous actor described the monarch as ‘exceptionally brave’ because he ‘really is ill’ but continues to ‘pack so much into every day’.<\/p>\n

Charles was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of the illness in February last year.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Saga Magazine, she said: “He’s exceptionally brave, because he really is ill, but practically nobody can keep up with him.<\/p>\n

“He packs so much into every day, he walks faster than anybody I’ve ever met – he’s incredible.”<\/p>\n

Devoted royalist Dame Joanna, 79, said Charles established an extraordinary legacy well before ascending to the throne.<\/p>\n

She said: “He was the most brilliant Prince of Wales we will ever see, without being cruel to Prince William<\/a>, because he had the role for so long.<\/p>\n

“The Prince’s Trust was set up when he was in his twenties – what a far-thinking thing to do!”<\/p>\n

Dame Joanna described Queen Camilla as a ‘golden, fabulous person’, Mirror reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

The actress claimed the press backed Diana throughout the Royal couple’s marital troubles, noting that ‘so much mud was flung’ at Camilla.<\/p>\n

She added: “But now she goes about her job without any rancour.”<\/p>\n

Dame Joanna received an OBE in the 1995 New Year Honours List before securing her Dame title 27 years later.<\/p>\n

She previously told how she discovered the news through a letter which left her in floods of tears.<\/p>\n

The 2022 honours were the final New Year’s awards distributed by Queen Elizabeth II before her death nine months later, following her Platinum Jubilee celebrations.<\/p>\n

Offering a glimpse into the late monarch, Dame Joanna remarked: “She left so gracefully, remaining upright and swearing in Liz Truss as Prime Minister until the very last minute.<\/p>\n

“We never saw her use a wheelchair, even though she was very frail. She was compos mentis, then she went to her bed and died.”<\/p>\n

In 2021, Joanna released book A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

She told Jonathan Ross it featured stories from individuals who had encountered the late Queen throughout her reign – from Winston Churchill to children who presented her with flowers on the street.<\/p>\n

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