King Charles diagnosed with cancer: Buckingham Palace
The British monarch has begun treatments and will take a break from public engagements
UK’s reigning monarch King Charles III has been diagnosed with a “form of cancer.” The health update was released in an official statement by the Buckingham Palace on Monday.
The cancer was discovered while the King was being treated for a benign prostate enlargement, and has begun treatment, added the statement.
A statement from Buckingham Palace: https://t.co/zmYuaWBKw6
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King Charles begins treatment
Buckingham Palace says the King “remains wholly positive about his treatment” but has chosen not to reveal the type of cancer that the monarch has been diagnosed with.
He will postpone his public engagement but will continue “to undertake State business and official paperwork as usual.”
