King Charles Shares Rare Health Update Amid Cancer Battle

King Charles III is managing just fine as he continues his cancer battle.  Over a year after the British monarch shared he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed cancer in February 2024, he told a royal fan during a recent visit to Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket that he was in a good place.

As the fan, Lee Harman, recalled of Charles’ explanation of his health to the PA News agency, per Hello magazine, “He said he was feeling a lot better now and that it was ‘just one of those things.’”

Indeed, Buckingham Palace recently shared good news about the 76-year-old’s health, with a source telling NBC News in December that Charles was dealing with a “managed condition” and that his “treatment cycle will continue into next year.”

Although Charles’ cancer journey is ongoing, he has also managed to maintain a busy schedule filled with royal duties alongside wife Queen Camilla, and even shared what he has learned through his diagnosis with an undisclosed form of cancer at a reception honoring cancer researchers at the palace in April.

“Each diagnosis, each new case, will be a daunting and at times frightening experience for those individuals and their loved ones,” he wrote in a statement shared in booklets handed out at the event. “But as one among those statistics myself, I can vouch for the fact that it can also be an experience that brings into sharp focus the very best of humanity.”

And Charles—who shared his diagnosis just a month before son Prince William and Kate Middleton made her own cancer battle public—admitted his journey gave him a newfound understanding and appreciation of those fighting for cures and support.

“It has reinforced what I have long observed during these visits,” Charles added, “that the darkest moments of illness can be illuminated by the greatest compassion.”

Kate, for her part, shared she had completed her chemotherapy treatments last September and expressed gratitude for the support she and the rest of the royal family has received over the last several months.

More recently though, the Princess of Wales—mom to Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7 with William— admitted that recovery isn’t as easy as it may seem.

“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment,” Kate explained during a visit to Colchester Hospital in Essex earlier this month. “Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult.”

Indeed, the 43-year-old admitted she was continuing to rely on her loved ones, adding, “Someone to help talk you through that, show you and guide you through that sort of phase that comes after treatment, I think is really valuable.”