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JUST IN: King Charles Hospitalized Amid Cancer Treatment

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March 27, 2025

King Charles III was hospitalized Thursday as he continues to undergo treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced in a statement.

The monarch was hospitalized as a result of “temporary side effects” he experienced after undergoing what the palace described as “scheduled and ongoing medical treatment for cancer” on Thursday morning. After a short period of hospitalization, the 76-year-old king to his royal residence in London, the Clarence House.

As a result of the brief hospitalization, Charles’ events on Thursday afternoon and all day Friday were postponed. “His Majesty would like to send his apologies to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result,” the palace said in a statement released Thursday.

Hamburg, Germany – March 31, 2023: close up portrait of the British king Charles III. during the wreath-laying ceremony at St. Nicolai memorial under a black umbrella on occasion of the state vivit

In February of last year, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was undergoing treatment. The monarch has maintained public appearances over the last year, though he has at times admitted that there are good days and bad days. On some of his worst days, the king has stated that he deals with “paralysis.”

Charles opened up on the side effects from his treatment while speaking at the Army Flying Museum in Hampshire back in May

“I did just want to say what a great joy it is to be with you, even briefly, on this occasion. But also, it turns with great sadness after 32 years of knowing you all, and admiring all your many activities and your achievements throughout the time that I’ve been lucky enough to be Colonel-in-Chief of the Army over. With this remarkable Apache here, I remember I think I probably was taken up in one of these ones all those years ago,” the king said while flanked by Prince William.

The king appointed his eldest son as the new Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps, a position once held by Prince Harry during his service in Afghanistan

Back in December, Buckingham Palace announced that Charles’ treatment was trending “in a very positive direction,” a relief for Royal Family observers who at one point feared that the 78-year-old may not survive. As he approaches the one-year mark in his treatment, the king will remain in a “managed condition,” a Palace spokesperson said on Friday. “His treatment has been moving in a positive direction and as a managed condition the treatment cycle will continue into next year,” they added.