King Charles shared some brave advice to fellow cancer patients just days before he was forced to cancel engagements after facing a ‘bump in the road’ with his treatment.
The monarch was temporarily admitted to hospital this morning after suffering side effects due to his cancer treatment, but he has since been discharged. Charles has been undergoing weekly treatment for the disease since his diagnosis last February and returned full-time to work duties last April.
He was forced to pull out of engagements this afternoon and completely cancel an away day in Birmingham to meet local communities tomorrow. But apalace aide described the King’s hospital visit to The London Clinic in Marylebone in London – where he was previously treated for a prostate condition last January – as “a minor bump in the road” and insisted Charles’ treatment was still “very much headed in the right direction”.
It comes just days after Charles visited the Pharmacy and Pharmacology department at Ulster University Coleraine campus in Northern Ireland, where shared advice on living with the disease. Earlier this month, the monarch told fellow cancer patients on the visit: “You just have to push on, don’t you.” And speaking to another cancer survivor, he said: “What’s that Winston Churchill saying? Keep buggering on!”
The monarch is at home in Clarence House this evening, where he “is in good form”, and is continuing to work on State papers and make calls from his study. Buckingham Palace said it envisaged the King and Queen’s planned state visit to Italy commencing on April 7 would still go ahead as planned. Since returning to work last year, the King has embarked on a major tour with the Queen in October to Australia and Samoa and continued his public duties at pace this year.
During his previous stay at the London Clinic while undergoing procedure for an enlarged prostate, King Charles was seen visiting his daughter-in-law, Princess Kate, while she was recovering from major abdominal surgery in the same hospital. Royal sources said at the time that Charles and Camilla were keen to see how Kate was doing after she was admitted to hospital for planned surgery. Charles was said to have been seen “toddling” from his hospital bed to spend time with Kate, at a time before they were both diagnosed with cancer.
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Earlier this week, the Palace announced that the King and Queen’s state visit to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis next month has been postponed. The couple are visting Italy from April 7 and a meeting with the pontiff, who has been suffering ill health, had been on the cards.
However, it has now been postponed by mutual agreement so Francis can continue his recovery from double pneuomia. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: “The King and Queen’s State Visit to The Holy See has been postponed by mutual agreement, as medical advice has now suggested that Pope Francis would benefit from an extended period of rest and recuperation.
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