{"id":618376,"date":"2025-12-07T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618376\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:47:11","slug":"king-charles-and-queen-camilla-reveal-2025-christmas-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618376\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla reveal 2025 Christmas card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles III and Queen Camilla appeared joyous in their 2025 Christmas card as the monarch prepares for the holiday to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/04\/royal-family\/the-heartbreaking-reason-cancer-stricken-king-charles-wants-a-special-christmas-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potentially be \u201chis last.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The holiday card, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR9GpqVDbAi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared via Instagram <\/a>Saturday, showed the couple smiling widely and holding hands while at the Villa Wolkonsky in Rome, Italy, in April.<\/p>\n<p>Charles, 77, looked dapper in a blue suit and silver tie, while Camilla, 78, donned a white long-sleeved dress. <\/p>\n<p>King Charles III and Queen Camilla shared their 2025 holiday card. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In the card shared on Instagram Saturday, the couple smiled while at the Villa Wolkonsky in Rome, Italy, in April. Getty Images for Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\ud83c\udf84\u2728 It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!\u201d they captioned a photo of the card.<\/p>\n<p>The couple debuted their annual holiday card as Charles reportedly wants to make this \u201cChristmas\u201d special amid his ongoing cancer battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharles prioritizes duty, but he\u2019s also a family man who knows his time is precious,\u201d\u00a0an insider told Us Weekly Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\ud83c\udf84\u2728 It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!\u201d the photo was captioned. UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Charles reportedly wants to make this \u201cChristmas\u201d special as it might be \u201chis last.\u201d Zak Hussein \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>Charles plans to spend Christmas morning at Mary Magdalene Church and will record his annual speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing would stop Charles from doing that,\u201d the source said. \u201cHe will do everything expected of him and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another insider expressed concerns from his loved ones that \u201chis health isn\u2019t the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The king has been battling cancer. Zak Hussein \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>However, he still plans on carry out his duties by spending Christmas morning at Mary Magdalene Church. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re taking it day by day,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Charles, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/04\/royal-family\/king-charles-shares-rare-health-update-as-he-meets-with-patients-also-battling-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared that he wasn\u2019t doing \u201ctoo bad\u201d<\/a>\u00a0during a visit to the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in September.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2024, the king revealed that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/05\/royal-family\/king-charles-diagnosed-with-cancer-following-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagnosed with \u201ca form of cancer.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charles will also record his annual speeech. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will do everything expected of him and more,\u201d a source told Us Weekly. via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he had recently <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/01\/17\/royal-family\/king-charles-iii-to-undergo-surgery-for-enlarged-prostate-amid-kate-middletons-hospitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undergone a procedure <\/a>for an enlarged prostate. <\/p>\n<p>A few months later, Charles\u2019 daughter-in-law Princess Kate Middleton <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/03\/22\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-reveals-she-has-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced her cancer diagnosis<\/a>\u00a0in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/09\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-has-finished-her-cancer-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">completed her chemotherapy treatments<\/a>\u00a0that September and<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/14\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-reveals-she-is-in-remission-from-cancer-after-surprise-hospital-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> revealed her cancer-free status<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III and Queen Camilla appeared joyous in their 2025 Christmas card as the monarch prepares for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1204,70156,4082,15306,35745,459,518,2607,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-618376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-cancer","9":"tag-celebrity-illnesses","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-celebrity-social-media","12":"tag-christmas","13":"tag-instagram","14":"tag-king-charles-iii","15":"tag-queen-camilla","16":"tag-royal","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115679542818121322","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618376","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=618376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}