Queen Camilla gives King Charles a health update during cancer treatment

Queen Camilla has shared an update on King Charles’ continued treatment for cancer.

On September 3, the 77-year-old Queen made a rare comment on her husband’s health during a visit to 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 more than half a million people in south-west England and Suzy Moon from the Macmillan Partnership asked the Queen how King Charles was feeling during his stay at Macmillan Health Centre.

Queen Camilla reportedly said: “He’s doing a great job.” Mirror.

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

Elsewhere during the visit, the royals met patients and clinical staff at Medlock Ward and William Bard Inpatient Ward. Queen Camilla may have mentioned her husband again during her chat with 55-year-old Paul Holdway. according to MirrorThe Queen asked Holdaway how he was feeling and he replied: “I feel tired.” To which the Queen cheekily responded: “Men won’t admit it.”

this Mirror The report said the remarks were made “with a sense of humor.”

As her husband continued to undergo cancer treatment, Queen Camilla sometimes spoke briefly about his health, often with wisdom and warmth. On June 8, during the second annual Queen’s Reading Room Literary Festival at Hampton Court Palace, she told writer Lee Child that the king was “doing a great job, it’s just that he’s not going to slow down or follow the rules.” Do whatever he says.” the sun reported.

In February, Buckingham Palace announced that the king had been diagnosed with cancer after undergoing treatment for benign prostatic hypertrophy in January. A spokesman clarified that he did not have prostate cancer.

The King, 75, resumed his public duties on April 30 after postponing his public duties for three months on the advice of his doctors (but continuing to work behind the scenes), visiting a cancer hospital in London with Queen Camilla center. Although the Macmillan Cancer Center at University College Hospital, the site of the visit, is not directly involved in the Queen’s medical care, emphasizing the importance of early detection is one of the reasons King Charles went public with his cancer diagnosis.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman previously said the decision was taken “in the hope of helping to raise awareness of all those affected by cancer around the world”.

When the king announced his return to work in late April, the palace said the king’s treatment was continuing and shared positive sentiments with his doctors.

“His Majesty the King’s treatment plan will continue, but doctors are very pleased with the progress made so far and the King is now able to resume some public-facing duties. Future activities will be adjusted where necessary to minimize His Majesty’s continued Risks of Treatment.

Buckingham Palace has not said when his treatment will be completed.

“It is too early to say, but His Majesty’s medical team are very encouraged by the progress to date and remain positive about the King’s continued recovery,” the spokesman said.

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The King begins a busy summer schedule: traveling to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, attending a military parade in June, attending the Opening of Parliament in July, and beginning a traditional summer stay at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in August, William The prince, Kate Middleton and other members of the royal family are expected to gather there. (The Princess of Wales, 42, is also undergoing cancer treatment and has stayed out of the spotlight for much of this summer.)

King Charles’ most recent event was the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th Flower Show on August 31 in Aberdeen, Scotland, not far from Balmoral Castle. Looking ahead, he and the Queen are embarking on a major trip this autumn, with planned visits to Australia and Samoa, which will be his first visit to a Commonwealth country during his reign.