Overview
- Buckingham Palace disclosed in January 2024 that cancer was identified during treatment for benign prostate enlargement, confirmed not to be prostate cancer, and his public duties paused until April.
- Media reports say the King continues regular therapy and was briefly hospitalised in March 2025 due to temporary side effects.
- In The Windsor Legacy, author Robert Jobson writes that veteran staff perceive a more emotional tone from the King and describe working conditions as sometimes like treading on eggshells.
- Jobson reports lifestyle shifts including regular afternoon naps and reintroducing lunch—often spinach soup—after years of skipping the meal.
- The book says Prince William has urged the King to slow down as Queen Camilla takes on more engagements, and it recounts Charles being moved to tears by supportive letters from the public.