King Charles has navigated his cancer journey with unprecedented honesty for a member of the Royal Family. It meant that not a soul was aware that Charles, then Prince of Wales, had experienced a cancer scare years before his 2024 diagnosis. Mr Hardman revealed how the rest of the family continued their planned engagements, noting Queen Camilla 'cancelled nothing'. Elsewhere in the book, Mr Hardman wrote that Charles's stoic approach was not without frustrations. It had been a 'tremendous' reward after Charles decided to share health updates with unprecedented honesty, Mr Hardman explained.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2026 17:23 UTC