King Charles’ horror over year ahead revealed in devastating seven-word statement
If 1992 was Queen Elizabeth II’s annus horribilis – or ‘horrible year’ – then 2024 will most certainly be the one King Charles III chooses to forget. In February, just nine months after his Coronation, Buckingham Palace shared the sobering news that His Majesty had an unspecified form of cancer.
Following weeks of speculation about her health, Kate explained in a video released by Kensington Palace in March that post-op tests had detected cancer. “My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventive chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment,” she said.
It was a curveball that shocked the world. Now, with Kate having finished her cancer treatment and King Charles responding well to his programme, royal expert Duncan Larcombe says the family will be hoping to draw a line under their misfortune.
“It’s been a lousy year for them. Health has dominated the news agenda and hundreds of royal engagements have been cancelled,” he says. “They weren’t the only royals blighted by ill health, either. The Duchess of York revealed she was receiving treatment for skin cancer, so soon after beating breast cancer.
“This time last year, the King would have been horrified if he knew what lay ahead. It’s a year he’ll want to consign to the history books and move on from.
