Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles was diagnosed with cancer following the operation to which the sovereign underwent just over a week ago in the London Clinic, the same private hospital in London where she had undergone a delicate knee operation a few days earlier. the abdomen remained of an unspecified nature his daughter-in-law Kate, Princess of Wales, consort of the heir to the throne William.
The palace has not indicated where the cancer is located or what type it is, merely stressing that it is considered treatable and that Carlo has started a course of "regular treatments" today.
The court adds that "the pause" in official public duties that began after the prostate surgery is destined to lengthen at this point and that other senior members of the royal family will be called upon to take over.
But also that the king intends for the moment to continue his "constitutional duties" as head of state and that therefore there will be no need for a formal replacement.
The sovereign "remains totally positive about his treatment and intends to return to fully carry out his public commitments as soon as possible", reads the statement from Buckingham Palace.
Charles was seen in recent hours at Sunday mass at Sandringham church, near the royal country residence in English Norfolk, for the first time in public after leaving the clinic, smiling and responding to people's greetings.
While just today the return of his eldest son William to public activity was announced for Wednesday, after the heir had also been absent from the scene to assist his convalescent wife Kate and look after her children.
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