King Charles has shared a rare health update as he continues to undergo treatment for cancer.
The monarch met with fellow cancer patients at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in England during a royal engagement Wednesday, where he spoke candidly of his battle.
As Charles, who turns 77 in November, officially opened the new medical center, he spent time speaking with staff, patients and volunteers, many of whom are intimately familiar with the profound toll cancer takes on those with the condition and their loved ones.
One cancer patient, Matthew Shinda, had asked the king how he was feeling more than a year and a half after his diagnosis came to light.
“I’m not too bad,” Charles responded, per Hello! magazine.
Shinda, 73, who is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, divulged his experience with the illness to the monarch.
“I’m very sorry about that, it’s so frustrating,” Charles said, per the BBC. “Half the problem is detecting it, isn’t it, in time.”
“The great thing, I think, is they’re getting better and better at dealing with these things. The trouble is there’s always hope down the road,” he added.
Charles made several remarks about the physical struggles he faced following his diagnosis during a conversation with fellow patient Jacqueline Page.
After Page, 85, had told the king that she was “wearing out,” the king lightened the mood by putting his good humor on display.
“I know, this is the terrible thing, as I am discovering already. The bits don’t work so well when you get past 70,” he quipped.
The last time Charles spoke about his diagnosis was in July during a candid chat with a cancer survivor.
“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,’” local Lee Harman told the PA news agency.
The conversation took place in Newmarket, England, where the king was visiting with his wife, Queen Camilla.
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In April, the king thanked “all those who support cancer patients and their loved ones” in a touching personal message.
The monarch wrote a letter posted on the royal family’s website, in which he wrote that being “among” the “statistics” of those diagnosed with cancer has “reinforced” his view that “the darkest moments of illness can be illuminated by the greatest compassion.”
Charles has largely opted to remain tight-lipped about his health battle, and has decided not to disclose the type of cancer he is battling.
The cancer-stricken monarch was hospitalized for temporary side effects from his weekly treatment session in March.
While Buckingham Palace called the health scare a mere “bump in the road,” the ordeal still prompted Charles to cancel all of his royal engagements slated for the following days.
News of the king’s cancer diagnosis came to light after he underwent a procedure for an enlarged prostate in January 2024. Doctors discovered “a separate issue of concern” that requires treatment.
The palace later clarified that the cancer was not prostate cancer.
