King Charles health: Monarch resumes ‘pioneering’ cancer treatment in London
King Charles has been photographed returning to London from his country estate to receive more treatment for an undisclosed cancer. See photos.
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King Charles III has been seen smiling and waving as he arrived back in London for more cancer treatment after recovering at Sandringham.
The monarch, 75, was accompanied by Queen Camilla and looked in good spirits after being diagnosed with a form of cancer last week.
Camilla was right by Charles’ side as they arrived together in the capital by helicopter after staying at his country residence in Sandringham for the past week.
After flying in to Buckingham Palace, the royals then travelled the short distance by car to Clarence House.
Charles, dressed in a grey suit with a black overcoat, was seen acknowledging people who were gathered outside the palace and along the Mall.
The King’s return to London is believed to be for further cancer treatment since the shock diagnosis rocked the country last week.
The Palace has not confirmed the type of cancer, but it is understood not to be the prostate.
His Majesty is said to have started receiving “pioneering” treatment and will return regularly to the capital for care.
Charles is expected to have further cancer treatment as an out-patient in London this month and the Palace has yet to set a date for his return to frontline duties.
Since 2003, Charles has lived at Clarence House, his official London residence mainly used for working engagements.
Camilla, who has been seen at his side since the diagnosis, has been praised by British writer and former BBC journalist Tom Bower as “the anchor keeping the King in good spirits and reassuring the nation the monarchy remains solid and stable.”
“(T)he country’s deep suspicions of the new Queen have evaporated. The newspaper pictures of the King and Queen heading to Sandringham last Tuesday, both smiling and waving, confirmed that their loving relationship would help sustain 75-year-old Charles during his treatment in the coming weeks.”
Meanwhile, Camilla’s friend and British journalist Petronella Wyatt claims prince harry did not want to be in the same room as the Queen during his brief meeting with Charles.
Harry spent just 30 minutes with his father in London following the King’s cancer diagnosis after flying in from California.
“Harry, I hear, preferred not to be in the same room with his stepmother when he spoke to the King about his cancer diagnosis,” Wyatt wrote in The Telegraph UK.
In his memoir Spare, Harry claimed his stepmother was leaking stories about the royal family to lift her image.
He also called her “dangerous” and a “villain” and went as far as to claim she had “sacrificed him” to boost her reputation.
MAJOR UPDATE ON KING CHARLES’ AUSSIE TOUR
Hopes for King Charles’ long-awaited visit to Australia have been renewed as it can be revealed arrangements for his state trips for the second half of the year are continuing.
As the cancer-stricken King prepares for two medical appointments in London this week, he is said to be “still hopeful” he can visit Australia, New Zealand and Samoa.
He is also said to be “keen to be seen” in London from his Bentley and keep contact with the public from a distance so that he doesn’t contract infections while in treatment.
Doubt had been thrown over his planned tour with insiders having said it was “highly unlikely” to go ahead as planned.
But palace sources insist they are still making arrangements for the tour and it is “too early” to rule it out following the King’s shock cancer diagnosis last week.
“Any arrangements made for state visits in the second half of the year are still going ahead, as planned,” a palace source said.
“We have not officially confirmed a state visit to Australia, however, any planned visits that the King has had in the diary for the second half of the year will continue, and are continuing, as planned.
“The King is still hopeful to keep to his plans.”
The King has shelved all frontline duties while he undergoes cancer treatment which began last Tuesday.
He has been recuperating at his Sandringham estate with Queen Camilla since last week. It is understood he will convalesce at Windsor Castle, Highgrove and Sandringham over the coming weeks and months.
The King and Queen were set to undertake a tour of Canada in May, including a visit to the Arctic Circle.
But that trip, which follows visits to France, Germany and Kenya last year, will not go ahead.
The King is said to have been keen to appear at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa (CHOGM), which starts on October 21 and would coincide with the King and Queen’s first tour of Australia since the Coronation.
“It would be great for the King to visit Australia if he can, it’s a country that he is deeply fond of and has been looking forward to revisiting as monarch since he ascended the throne in September,” royal biographer and journalist Robert Jobson said.
“He is head of state of Australia, he went to school there and has fond memories of his time in the country.”
Writing in a signed message released on Sunday, the King said he was “heartened” by the messages of support which he said came as “a comfort and encouragement.”
“I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the many messages of support and good wishes I have received in recent days.”
“As all those who have been affected by cancer will know, such kind thoughts are the greatest comfort and encouragement,” he said.
“It is equally heartening to hear how sharing my own diagnosis has helped promote public understanding and shine a light on the work of all those organisations which support cancer patients and their families across the UK and wider world.
“My lifelong admiration for their tireless care and dedication is all the greater as a result of my own personal experience.”
PRINCE HARRY ‘NOT FORGIVEN’
King Charles and Prince William have sent Prince Harry a clear message that he’s not forgiven, a royal expert has claimed.
Writer and broadcaster Robert Jobson exclusively told The Sun’s Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson how the firm hasn’t forgotten the “damage” the duke has caused.
Harry met with his father for half an hour at Clarence House on Tuesday, in their first face-to-face encounter for 16 months.
He had flown from his California home to be at the King’s side following his cancer shock.
However, he only saw his father for 30 minutes before he flew to Sandringham for rest following his diagnosis.
And he did not meet with William following years of attacks by Harry on Oprah, Netflix and in his autobiography, Spare.
Jobson believes this is very telling of the strain between the royals.
He said: “It’s a clear message there: ‘You’re certainly not forgiven and you’ve certainly done a lot of damage’.
“The fact that his brother didn’t even bother to acknowledge him. They were very close and he didn’t even bat an eyelid. There was no way that that was going to happen.
“Whatever way you look at it, I can understand Harry is a caring son.
“I understand he probably just wanted to wish his dad the best but It’s a clear message there.”
Jobson also claimed the rift between Harry and Queen Camilla could be a reason the duke’s meeting with Charles was so short.
Robert explained: “The Queen was with the King. Let’s be honest – he wasn’t too complimentary about Queen Camilla in his book, Spare.
“He wasn’t very complimentary about her on Netflix. They don’t get on.
He added that the absence of a relationship between father and son meant any meeting would be strained.
“He gave him long enough for a kiss and hug, and wished him all the best.”
The Duke of Sussex spent just 26 hours on British soil before heading back to the US amid claims he was “not invited” to royal residence Clarence House to see the King.
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