Overview
- Royal author Robert Jobson writes that Prince William urged the King to slow down and proposed cutting his own engagements to about ten for the year.
- The book says King Charles rejected the suggestion with the two-word response, quoted as 'Think again,' a claim not confirmed by the palace.
- Jobson reports the King and William shared a private lunch at Windsor Castle the day before Catherine’s cancer video was released to offer mutual support.
- Buckingham Palace previously confirmed in February 2024 that King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer and had paused public engagements while maintaining constitutional duties.
- Catherine announced her treatment in a March video and later said in January she is in remission, as William described the period as 'brutal... the hardest year of my life' in an interview with The Times.