The announcement of Charles III’s cancer It adds to a particularly difficult start to the year for the British royal familyafter Princess Catherine’s operation, she will be at rest until at least Easter.
The 75-year-old monarch’s illness was announced by Buckingham Palace to “avoid speculation”.
In a statement, the royal house explained that the king has begun treatment and that his doctors have advised him to suspend public activities, without providing further details on the “form of cancer” he suffers from. However, will continue to “take care of state affairs”. and administrative duties as usual.
Charles III, who succeeded his mother Elizabeth II 17 months ago and was crowned on May 6, announced on January 17 that would have undergone surgery due to prostate hypertrophy.
After an operation at the London Clinic, an elegant facility in the center of the capital where he spent three nights, he returned home on 29 January. The palace then clarified that he will not immediately resume his commitments “to allow for a recovery period.” The cancer was discovered during the surgery.
King Charles III was diagnosed with a form of cancer and began treatment, Buckingham Palace says. AP photoThe king was admitted to the same facility as his daughter-in-law, Princess Kate of Wales, 42, who spent 13 days there in January. undergo abdominal surgery, details of which have not been made public.
She also left the clinic on January 29th for a long convalescence at her home in Windsor, which will last until at least March 31st.
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The very famous Princess of Wales hasn’t been seen since Christmas. Her husband, Prince William, 41, heir to the crown, suspended his activities after his wife’s hospitalization on January 16.
The couple has three children: Jorge, 10, Carlota, 8 and Luis, 5.
William had just announced on Monday that he would resume his activities when the king’s cancer diagnosis was made public.
As if that wasn’t enough, Sara Ferguson, 64, ex-wife of Prince Andrew, brother of Charles III, announced on January 21 that she was suffering from malignant melanoma, a skin cancer.
Six months earlier, in June 2023, she had already announced that she had been diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer.
The malignant melanoma was discovered during tests prescribed by a dermatologist, when the Duchess of York he had to undergo reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. A mole was identified as cancerous.
Sara continues to live in Windsor, in a royal residence that she shares with Prince Andrew, to whom she remains very close despite their divorce in 1996.
These subsequent health problems have almost halved the circle of active members of the British royal family, and left Queen Camilla, 76, at the forefront, charged with numerous commitments every week.
Princess Anne, Charles III’s 73-year-old sister, is also in attendance, as are Prince Edward, 59, his younger brother, and his wife Sofia.
But their activities They tend to get much less press coverage.
The circle of active members of the British royal family has shrunk in recent years with the departure for the United States of Prince Harry and his wife, the former American actress Meghan Markle, and the withdrawal of Prince Andrew from public life following a child sexual abuse scandal years ago in the United States.
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