Charles III is doing “extremely well given the circumstances”, says his wife Camilla. The 75-year-old sovereign began treatment on Monday for an unspecified form of cancer.
If he will continue some of his administrative functions, he will be absent from public life for an indefinite period. The king's weekly audience with the Prime Minister took place "by telephone", Downing Street said on Wednesday, an extremely rare clarification on this traditional and "totally private" meeting between the sovereign and his head of government.