King Charles diagnosed with cancer: What’s next for the UK’s monarchy?
Al Jazeera
After King Charles’ diagnosis, Prince William will return to official duties on Wednesday.
The United Kingdom’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, and will postpone public-facing duties, Buckingham Palace has announced.
King Charles recently spent three nights in hospital to undergo treatment for an enlarged prostate. It is understood that this separate issue was discovered during that procedure.
Here is what’s known about King Charles’s condition and what this means for the royal family.
In Monday’s announcement, palace officials did not specify which type of cancer the king has or how serious his condition is. A Royal source told Reuters that it was not prostate cancer.
The palace said only that the king has commenced a schedule of regular treatments, “during which time [he] has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties”.
