King Charles and Queen Camilla made a joint appearance at St. James\u2019s Palace on December 18.The couple\u2019s outing marks the first time they\u2019ve undertaken royal duties together since the King shared a rare update on his health on December 12.In a video message, he shared \u201cgood news\u201d about his cancer treatment going into 2026.<\/p>\n
Following a solo outing to open a Guinness brewery in London, King Charles<\/a> stepped out for a joint appearance with wife Queen Camilla<\/a>\u2014the couple\u2019s first since the King announced positive news in his cancer journey on December 12.\n<\/p>\n On December 18, the royal couple hosted a reception celebrating the return of HMS Prince of Wales from Operation HIGHMAST, per People<\/a>. The reception took place at St. James\u2019s Palace in London and followed the \u201cgood news\u201d last Friday that Charles\u2019s cancer treatment would be reduced in 2026.\n<\/p>\n King Charles on December 18, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n The King shared the rare health update in a pre-recorded message filmed at Clarence House several weeks ago, People reported, and the message was broadcast as part of Channel 4\u2019s Stand Up To Cancer campaign.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to early diagnosis, effective intervention, and adherence to \u2018doctors\u2019 orders,\u2019 my own schedule of cancer treatment can be reduced in the new year,\u201d Charles said in part. \u201cThis milestone is both a personal blessing and a testimony to the remarkable advances that have been made in cancer care in recent years, testimony that I hope may give encouragement to the 50 percent of us who will be diagnosed with the illness at some point in our lives.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Queen Camilla on December 18, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Though a Buckingham Palace spokesperson avoided the word \u201cremission,\u201d they noted that this is a \u201cnotably positive stage,\u201d per People. Charles has been receiving what is thought to be weekly cancer treatment since his diagnosis in February 2024; his type and stage of cancer has never been publicly revealed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cEarly diagnosis quite simply saves lives,\u201d the King said in his message on Friday, adding, \u201cI know, too, what a difference it has made in my own case, enabling me to continue leading a full and active life, even while undergoing treatment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Following his message last week, Buckingham Palace said in a statement<\/a> that it is \u201cdelighted by the scale and sensitivity of the worldwide media reaction\u201d to the King\u2019s speech, including \u201cthe many kind comments we have received for the King, both from those working in cancer care and from the general public.\u201d The palace added that Charles \u201cwill be greatly encouraged and deeply touched by the very positive reaction his message has generated.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Camilla, for her part, has said that<\/a>\u2014though she is sometimes frustrated that Charles will not \u201cslow down\u201d\u2014her husband \u201cloves his work and it keeps him going.\u201d\n<\/p>\n King Charles and Queen Camilla in Ravenna, Italy on April 10, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n On December 16, the King hosted his annual Christmas lunch for members of the royal family at Buckingham Palace, and will soon head out to Sandringham to celebrate Christmas there with his family. According to one of Charles\u2019s friends, the King is in good spirits and good health, and \u201cHe is on wonderful form and looking forward to Christmas,\u201d the friend told Vanity Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla made a joint appearance at St. James\u2019s Palace on December 18.The couple\u2019s outing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-324078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}