{"id":325595,"date":"2026-08-20T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325595\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:01:11","slug":"queen-camilla-says-it-was-difficult-to-keep-kings-cancer-diagnosis-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325595\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla says it was \u2018difficult\u2019 to keep King\u2019s cancer diagnosis secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Britain\u2019s Queen Camilla<\/a> has spoken about how she struggled to keep King Charles III\u2019s cancer diagnosis a secret during a visit to a cancer support center, which took place days before the news was officially disclosed.\n <\/p>\n

\n Camilla recounted how it was \u201cquite difficult\u201d not to mention her husband\u2019s diagnosis during the visit to a cancer support center run by the charity Maggie\u2019s in 2024.\n <\/p>\n

\n Her comments were made in a short film, released on Wednesday, to mark the charity\u2019s 30th anniversary.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Queen visited a newly-opened Maggie\u2019s center at the Royal Free Hospital in London on January 31, 2024, but Charles\u2019 diagnosis wasn\u2019t officially announced until February 5.\n <\/p>\n

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\n \u201cI remember coming to see a Maggie\u2019s just after the King being diagnosed,\u201d said the Queen. \u201cNobody could say anything at the time. That was quite difficult.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI almost said something but, you know, I felt that it wasn\u2019t the time to say,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cI was just longing to let it out but obviously I couldn\u2019t.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Charles announced he had been diagnosed with cancer<\/a> after undergoing a prostate procedure. In December last year, in a rare update, he revealed that he had responded well to treatment.\n <\/p>\n

\n Camilla, who is president of Maggie\u2019s, described how her \u201cpoor husband\u201d had persevered with his royal duties despite his cancer diagnosis.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cNothing stopped him. He just said \u2018This is my way. I\u2019m going to cope with it,\u2019\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Charles, 77, returned to public-facing royal engagements in April 2024.\n <\/p>\n

\n The King is still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.\n <\/p>\n

\n Maggie\u2019s has 27 cancer support centers around the UK and supports hundreds of thousands of people affected by cancer per year.\n <\/p>\n

\n Laura Lee, the charity\u2019s chief executive, was filmed in conversation with Camilla for the documentary.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cTo hear her speak so powerfully of her own emotions when visiting our Royal Free center, while knowing about His Majesty\u2019s diagnosis, is a huge honor,\u201d she said in a statement reported by the UK\u2019s PA Media news agency.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe King\u2019s openness about his diagnosis has undoubtedly helped others to be more open themselves and to now hear the Queen\u2019s completely understandable and natural response as a wife shines a light on why it is so important that family and friends also get the support they need,\u201d added Lee.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Queen Camilla has spoken about how she struggled to keep King Charles III\u2019s cancer diagnosis a secret…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-325595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}