March 30, 2025

Is it time to worry about King Charles?

Is it time to worry about King Charles?

It is natural—perhaps inevitable—that questions arise when a monarch cancels public engagements, as His Majesty did last Friday in Birmingham. Yet those close to the situation insist this is not a sign of deterioration, but rather a moment of...

It is natural—perhaps inevitable—that questions arise when a monarch cancels public engagements, as His Majesty did last Friday in Birmingham. Yet those close to the situation insist this is not a sign of deterioration, but rather a moment of necessary pause. Aides say the treatment is “moving in a positive direction” and stress that the King remains deeply engaged in his duties.

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Calorogus shark media now Loo and welcome through palace intrigy game.

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Your host Mark Francis the Telegraph wondered if it is

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time to worry about King Charles. It is natural, perhaps inevitable,

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that questions arise when a monarch cancels public engagements, as

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his Majesty did last Friday in Birmingham. Yet those close

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to the situation insists this is not a sign of deterioration,

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but rather a moment of necessary pause. Aids say the

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treatment is moving in a positive direction and stress that

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the King remains deeply engaged in his duties. The precise

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nature of his cancer remains undisclosed, fueling speculation as ever,

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but that veil of mystery is as old as the

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monarchy itself, and it is worth remembering it was the

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King who personally chose to share his diagnosis in the

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first place, something that would have been unimaginable. Pallace sources

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say the current aim is to maintain the very encouraging

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status quo. That phrase may not spark headlines, but it

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does suggest cautious optimism, and despite the inevitable toll of treatment,

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the King has continued to meet people stand for long

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stretches at engagements, and even joke about the ordeal. During

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a recent visit to Northern Ireland, he asked fellow patients

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if they were managing to survive the side effects. All

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write a frank admission, but delivered with the conroderie. Perhaps

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most tellingly, when asked how he copes, the King offered

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a phrase from Churchill, keep buggering on. It's hardly the

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language of alarm, but it is the language of a

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man who's determined to carry on. So how worried should

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we be? Vigilant? Yes, but panicked? Not yet? In the express,

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Emily Ferguson explains, Charles is from a generation of royals

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who put the needs of the nation above their own,

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as epitomized by Queen Elizabeth's two famous mantras, we have

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to be seen to be believed, and never complain explain.

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But it's perhaps the words of his late father, Prince

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Philip that have stuck with him the most. No face

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royal would often tell his children to just get on

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with it, and his eldest son has certainly taken on

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that stoic approach to life. Since his cancer diagnosis last February,

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the King's hospital admission on Thursday is simply seen as

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a bump in the road, and sources a King to

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stress that his treatment continues in a positive direction and

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there was no drama. In the Telegraph, Tessa Dunlop writes

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about an increasingly isolated Harry. She tells us alongside Invictus

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center Bali was an easy shorthand for understanding what makes

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Harry tick. It was out of fundraising dinner for the

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latter in January twenty twenty that the Prince gave his

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farewell speech before he and Megant left Britain and the

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royal family behind. We are taking a leap of faith,

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he said, so thank you for giving me the courage

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to take this next step. His princely offerings of polo

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fundraisers and diplomatic glad handing already feel a little dated.

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Recent successful trips to Nigeria and Columbia suggest that the

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Duke has the connections to find new ways forward, but

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Meghan's presence as a woman of color on both those

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tours was transformative. However, these days, the Duchess has considerably

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less time on her hands to lend her husband a

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helping hand. Indeed, Meghan's extraordinary professional resilience only serves to

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further highlight her Harry's current lost boy status. Seemingly imperturbable,

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facing down the trolls on Gwyneth Paltrow's Instagram feed and

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announcing a second series of With Love Meghan as the

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hate watchers pushed her first series into Netflix's global top ten.

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The Duchess is currently unstoppable. Meghan's marriage to Harry gave

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her the X factor she needed to transfer from beat

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list actor to a list celebrity. Sadly, the same cannot

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be said for Harry. When he married Meghan and left

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the British monarchy, he swapped royal royalty for celebrity and

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naively believed that a life of service would prove a

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straightforward affair outside protective palace walls. The reality suggests otherwise.

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With the Invictus Games, Harry's one significant remaining trymph in

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an increasingly dangerous world full of war and poverty. It

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is tragic that our most able Prince of Hearts finds

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himself not only without his honorary military roles, but is

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now minus his flagship charitable mission in one of Africa's

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poorest regions the Daily Mails. Richard Eden cheers that sentiment,

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writing long ago, before he dreamed up the name Spare

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for his score settling an embittered memoir, before he allowed

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claims of racism to reverberate around the heads of an

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outraged and offended royal family, and before even Meghan Markle

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was a glint in his eye. The center of Prince

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Harry's universe revolved around a charity he named Center Baling.

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It brought a purpose and meaning to his at times

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chaotic life, and it was therapeutic to a young man

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still haunted by the death of his mother when he

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was only twelve. After the nightclubs, bars and brawls, this

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was Harry's coming of age moment, and in the absence

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of a smoking gun about what may be behind this

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extraordinary state of affairs of the charity. The accuations, along

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with doctor Chan Dowker's claimed that the Prince was playing

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the victim card by quitting his patron, is as bad

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as it gets. Even in faraway Montecito, the impact of

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her mockery will be impossible to escape. In one devastating passage,

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she took a swipe without naming names at those in

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this world who behave as though they are above the

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law and mistreat people who but Harry could she have

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had in mind, as she said of such people, that

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they play the victim card and use the very press

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they disdain to harm people who have the courage to

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challenge their conduct. How richly piquant that playing the victim card,

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all too familiar to anyone who has read Spare or

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watched the Netflix Harry and Meghan series, should now be

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applied to the prince more pallacy. Just a moment in

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the news dot co dot au. Daniella also wonders what's

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going on with Kate's ring. Danielle writes, over the last year,

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the Princess of Wales's famous engagement ring has disappeared and

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then real appeared repeatedly, Yeah, yeah, yeah, we get it.

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The perks of being a member of the royal family

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are hard to miss. The castles, the diamonds, the size

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of mint eas the never having to scrub your own

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grout or remember to take the green bin out. But

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let's talk about the downsides, like the nearly unthinkable degree

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of surveillance. It made international news in twenty sixteen and

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again in twenty eighteen, when Kate, the Princess of Wales

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appeared in public wearing small, discrete band aids on her fingers,

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Not even the US President faces such an extreme sort

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of bodily scrutiny. Why has in the six months since

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she announced she was in remission for cancer, has it

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appeared and then vanished, only for it to miraculously turn

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up again. It's there, it's gone, it's there again, and

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then wouldn't you know it's gone? Until twenty twenty four,

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the Cadbury's cream egg sized sapphire and number was all

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but welded onto her finger, only coming off on rare occasions,

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such as for hygiene reasons when she visited a hospital.

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The whole thing might come down to something as simple

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and boring as comfort engagement ringers stunning, but would have

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to be somewhat unwieldly to wear day in and day

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out when trying to wrestle Prince Louis into his pe

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here stuffing a pheasant for supper. Then again, the princess

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wore the bleeding thing pretty much non stopped for more

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than thirteen years without it seeming to bother her. So

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I'm not quite sure if this theory stands up. It

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looks like the hard working Wales family is planning to

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take yet another vacation. As the Easter holidays approach, the

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Prince and Princess of Wales are expecting to take another

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pause from their royal engagements, spending time with Prince George,

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Prince Charlotte and Prince Louis while the children enjoy their

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school break. Reports now suggest Prince William may be making

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a brief detour across the Channel to cheer on his

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beloved Aston Villa as they take on Paris Saint Germain

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in the Champions League quarter finals. William recently gave journalists

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a knowing smile and a brief farewell, see you in

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Paris before stepping into his car. His appearance in France

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now seems increasingly likely, particularly following a report from Get

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French Football News claiming that the PSG president Nassar l

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Klaffi has extended an invitation to the Prince. We noticed

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some royal shade being thrown out by inside a Deep

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Crown when we asked him about Charles. Deep Crown tells

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palace intrigue. This work until the end approach reflects the

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traditional royal understanding. That the crown is a lifetime commitment,

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not merely a job with scheduled holidays. While William's generation

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may be redefining royal duties for a new era, Charles

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remains firmly anchored in the service first doctrine that defined

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his mother's reign. The monarchy has always walked a delicate

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line between public duty and private suffering. King Charles appears

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determined to follow this tradition, keeping the institution functioning despite

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personal challenges, a commitment that will likely define his place

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in royal history. And there you have it. In fact,

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