King Charles Gives Rare Cancer Update During His Recent Outing: 'Just One of Those...'

King Charles is not letting his illness get in the way of fulfilling his royal duties. While the monarch continues to undergo treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer, he has made it his 'new normal' to balance both. Charles remains dedicated to his duties as the sovereign without revealing much about how he is fairing. However, in a rare update, he recently confirmed that he is feeling ‘a lot better’ during a conversation with a cancer survivor.

The 76-year-old was accompanied by his wife, Queen Camilla, for a walkabout in Newmarket in Suffolk on July 22. As the walk marked the end of their trip, the monarch stopped to discuss his cancer treatment. According to Hello! magazine, Lee Herman, a local, revealed details about his conversation with the monarch and said, “I asked him how he was, and he said he was feeling a lot better now and that it was 'just one of those things.’” The King also asked Herman, who had beaten cancer, about his health. The citizen shared, “He asked me how I was, and I said, 'I'm all good, I got the all clear from cancer last year.’” The monarch’s discussion about his illness marked a rare revelation as he prefers to keep it under wraps.

This year, the monarch has on occasions opened up about the same, sharing his experience with fellow patients. In May, during a Buckingham Palace garden party, the monarch interacted with an Exeter University student, Stamford Collis, about the latter’s cancer battle. Collis later shared details about their interaction with The Telegraph and revealed, “He was asking me about the treatment I have started in June and spoke to me about food and diet. He also asked me if I had undergone radiation treatment, which I had earlier this year.” Charles was soon heard saying, “It’s sometimes about the diet and what you eat. It can help.”

An aide of Charles also previously reported that the monarch is managing well during his tour of Canada at that time. He said, “The thing you learn about this illness is that you just manage it. And that's what he does. Medical science has made incredible advances, and I genuinely see no difference in him.” The insider further revealed that it is Charles’s fitness that has proven to be helpful in his journey. “It's no secret that he is still having treatment, but because he is incredibly fit, he is just dealing with it all incredibly well. As everybody knows, he is driven by duty, so he just gets on with it.” Meanwhile, another aide has claimed that Charles's illness is incurable, but the King will die with cancer, not of it. Neither the monarch nor Buckingham Palace has confirmed the same.