{"id":4256,"date":"2025-04-07T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/4256\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:37:19","slug":"update-on-king-charles-cancer-battle-as-prince-harry-priority-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/4256\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on King Charles cancer battle as Prince Harry priority revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The monarch has vowed to continue his full on schedule by \u201cjust getting on with the job\u201d.\"KingCharles will touch down in Rome tomorrow(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

King Charles<\/a> has insisted on putting \u201cduty before everything\u201d as he continues to battle cancer and manage controversial family issues. The monarch has vowed to continue his full on schedule by \u201cjust getting on with the job\u201d, as he prepares to land in Rome tomorrow for the start of a four day tour of Italy alongside the Queen.<\/p>\n

As reported by the Mirror<\/a>, royal sources have told how the King is \u201cin great form and completely unfazed\u201d by his recent admission to hospital, which came following temporary side effects from his ongoing cancer treatment. The 76-year-old has been undergoing weekly treatment at a London cancer unit since his diagnosis last February. He has continued, however, to arrange appointments around his busy diary.<\/p>\n

At the end of last month the King<\/a> was forced to spend several hours under observation after suffering an adverse reaction to his treatment. However, Palace aides suggested the issue, which was not detailed, was \u201cnot uncommon with many medical treatments\u201d.<\/p>\n

The King<\/a> did cancel a day and a half of engagements, however, including an away day in Birmingham on March 23, before being advised to clock off for a weekend to recover. Sources said Charles\u2019 time at his Highgrove country estate in Gloucestershire allowed him to recover fully in time for the tour as he \u201ctook a breather\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"CharlesCharles and Camilla are embarking on a four day tour of Italy(Image: PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/p>\n

One source close to the King<\/a> said: \u201cItaly was never in doubt, but what His Majesty\u2019s break did do was allow him to take a breather and slow down if only for a couple of days. Everyone has seen in recent days that he is in great form and completely unfazed by his recent setback, if anything both His Majesty and the Queen are even more excited to be getting on the road again.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, the King has maintained an extraordinary schedule, leading the royal family in engagements throughout the first three months. The couple hosted a dinner reception at Highgrove to highlight Anglo-Italian relations in the lead up to the tour which, according to sources, they \u201cloved\u201d. One said: \u201cit really did whet the appetite. Their Majesties can’t wait to meet the people and enjoy the culture, food and enthusiasm of their Italian hosts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The King and Queen\u2019s visit<\/a> to Italy will see the couple travel to Rome and Ravenna as well as celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday at a stunning state banquet at the Palazzo Quirinale. Charles will also meet Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella, and the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, as well as becoming the first British monarch to address a joint session of Italy’s parliament.<\/p>\n

Following the high of successfully completing a tour of Australia and Samoa last October, palace officials said the King was committed to a full schedule for 2025. Courtiers said the nine day tour acted as \u201cthe perfect tonic\u201d, with royal sources adding Charles was dedicated to \u201cmaking up for lost time\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"CharlesCharles was recently hospitalised following temporary side effects from his ongoing cancer treatment(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

However, during his treatment the monarch has also had to deal with intense family issues which at times have threatened to overshadow his work. His son Prince Harry<\/a> will this week begin his appeal to overturn a decision to strip him of taxpayer funded security when visiting Britain.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex was stripped of the privilege when he and wife Meghan quit their roles as senior working royals to move to the United States. Additionally, the Duke of York\u2019s fall from grace over his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues to hurt the royal family after allegations surfaced that he had grown close to an alleged Chinese spy.<\/p>\n

The King was dragged into the row last week after a statement from Dominic Hampshire, a former senior adviser to Prince Andrew, was revealed at an immigration tribunal following a decision to ban the Duke\u2019s confidant Yang Tengbo from the country. Mr Hampshire claimed he went with Andrew twice to Windsor \u201cwithout being seen\u201d to talk to the King about an investment fund linked to Tengbo, although Buckingham Palace say he was not mentioned.<\/p>\n

It also emerged today that the Duke demanded a face-to-face meeting with the director general of MI5 in the wake of the spy scandal. Sir Ken McCallum agreed to meet the Duke, scheduled for June last year, but the MI5 chief is understood to have cancelled it at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Aside from what sources term as \u201coutside noise\u201d, the Queen<\/a> has proved \u201cinvaluable\u201d in taking on extra duties for The Firm, while the Prince and Princess of Wales have re-evaluated their working roles following the princess\u2019 own cancer diagnosis last year.<\/p>\n

\"HarryHarry will this week begin his appeal to overturn a decision to strip him of taxpayer funded security(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The King, meanwhile, is continuing his work schedule at pace, much to his wife\u2019s frustration after she recently admitted that he \u201cwon\u2019t slow down and won\u2019t do what he\u2019s told\u201d, the Prince of Wales is breaking with tradition to reshape his role believing he will have more \u201cimpact\u201d with shorter trips abroad and working on long term projects.<\/p>\n

A source said: \u201cThere are always issues occurring in His Majesty\u2019s orbit with which he has no control over. His focus as it has always been is on his role with an emphasis on duty before everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source pointed to the King\u2019s first address to the nation following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, where he also promised to dedicate himself to \u201clifelong service\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Charles<\/a> said he had been \u201cbrought up to cherish a sense of duty to others\u201d adding: \u201cAs the Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"PrincePrince Andrew pictured with Charles(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The source said: \u201cThe King knows no other way than to act on the principles that are central to who he is.\u201d Palace aides have had a frantic couple of weeks rearranging parts of the King and Queen\u2019s schedule after a visit to the Holy Sea and an audience with Pope Francis was scrapped following the Pontiff\u2019s recent hospital admission suffering from double pneumonia.<\/p>\n

Sources said a visit to The Vatican is likely to be rearranged once the Pope has fully recovered, with the King and Queen sending their warmest wishes. The King has previously made official visits to Italy 17 times, with the Queen joining him for two of them.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the trip will see them enjoy the produce of the “Emilia-Romagna” – translated as “slow food” – movement, visit key artistic and literary sights including Dante’s tomb and the Byron museum, and commemorate the 80th anniversary of Ravenna’s liberation from the Nazis.<\/p>\n

One palace source<\/a> remarked: \u201cObviously there is great sadness not able to meet with the Pope on this occasion and both Their Majesties are thinking of him and sending best wishes for swift recovery.\u201d However, aides have breathed a sigh of relief that the change of schedule has allowed this week\u2019s Rome programme to be spread over two days, with the source adding: \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say it’s alleviated a little pressure all round.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The monarch has vowed to continue his full on schedule by \u201cjust getting on with the job\u201d.Charles will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1204,77,518,2205,447,519,2417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-4256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cancer","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-king-charles-iii","11":"tag-prince-andrew","12":"tag-prince-harry","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-the-queen","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114296248257750640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","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=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}