Queen Camilla Gives Rare Update on King Charles' Health amid His Cancer Treatment

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Camilla at the Dyson Cancer Centre at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on Sept. 3, 2024 in Bath, England.Photo:Chris Jackson/Getty

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Queen Camillashared an upbeat update about howKing Charlesis doing as he continuestreatment for cancer.

On Sept. 3, the Queen, 77, offered a rare comment on her husband’s health during her visit to open the new state-of-the-art Dyson Cancer Center at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, England. The Royal United Hospital provides cancer care to over 500,000 people in South West England, and Suzy Moon of the Macmillan Partnership asked the Queen about how King Charles was feeling during her stop at the Macmillan Wellbeing Hub.

“He is doing very well,” Queen Camilla said, according to theMirror.

The Macmillan Wellbeing hub is a non-clinical space designed to provide practical and emotional support to patients, families and carers.

Elsewhere during the visit, the royal met patients and clinical staff in the Medlock Unit and William Budd inpatient ward. Queen Camilla may have referenced her husband again during a conversation with Paul Holdway, 55, a nurse and patient receiving a stem cell treatment for blood cancer. According to theMirror, the Queen asked Holdway how he was feeling, to which he replied, “I am feeling very tired.” To this, the Queen cheekily responded, “Men won’t admit it.”

TheMirrorreported that the remark was delivered “with a touch of humor.”

Queen Camilla at the Dyson Cancer Centre at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on Sept. 3, 2024 in Bath, England.Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty

Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty

Queen Camilla sometimes shares brief words about her husband’s health as he continues cancer treatment, often with wit and warmth. During the second annual Queen’s Reading Room Literary Festival at Hampton Court Palace on June 8, she told author Lee Child that the King is “doing fine excepthe won’t slow down and won’t do what he’s told,“The Sunreported.

In February, Buckingham Palace announced that the sovereign was diagnosed with cancer  following his treatment for abenign enlarged prostatein January. A spokesmanclarifiedhe does not have prostate cancer.

Queen Camilla at the Dyson Cancer Centre at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on Sept. 3, 2024 in Bath, England.Chris Jackson/Getty

After a three-month period of postponing public-facing duties on doctor’s advice (but continuing to work behind the scenes), the King, 75, resumedforward-facing workon April 30 with a visit to a cancer center in London alongside Queen Camilla. While site of the visit, the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, has not been directly involved in the monarch’s medical care, highlighting the importance of early detection was one of the reasons King Charles went public with his cancer diagnosis.

When the monarch’sreturn to workwas announced in late April, the palace described the King’s treatment as ongoing and shared a positive sentiment from his doctors.

“His Majesty’s treatment program will continue, but doctors are sufficiently pleased with the progress made so far that The King is now able to resume a number of public-facing duties. Forthcoming engagements will be adapted where necessary to minimize any risks to His Majesty’s continued recovery,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.

The palace didn’t disclose when his treatment might be completed.

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The King proceeded to pack in a busy summer schedule, fromtraveling to Franceto commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and appearing atTrooping the Colourin June, attending theState Opening of Parliamentin July and kicking off a traditionalsummer stayat Balmoral Castle in Scotland in August wherePrince William,Kate Middletonand other members of the royal family were expected to gather. (The Princess of Wales, 42, is also undergoing treatment for cancer and has beenout of the limelightfor much of the summer.)

King Charles' most recent engagement was a stop on Aug. 31 at the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th Flower Show in Aberdeen, Scotland, not far from Balmoral. Looking ahead, he and the Queen have amajor tripon the calendar this fall with plans to visit Australia and Samoa in what will be the first tour to Commonwealth countries of his royal reign.

King Charles at the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th Flower Show at Duthie Park in Aberdeen, Scotland on Aug. 31, 2024.Jane Barlow/WPA Pool/Getty

Jane Barlow/WPA Pool/Getty

source: people.com