{"id":2203240,"date":"2025-12-17T20:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2203240"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:12:21","slug":"queen-camilla-wanted-king-charles-to-keep-cancer-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/queen-camilla-wanted-king-charles-to-keep-cancer-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Wanted King Charles to Keep Cancer Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Sources say Queen Camilla didn&#8217;t want King Charles to reveal his cancer diagnosis to the public. <\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">Charles just <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69713301\/king-charles-cancer-treatment-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69713301\/king-charles-cancer-treatment-update\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"announced\" data-node-id=\"0.1.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">announced<\/a> that he&#8217;ll be scaling back treatment in 2026.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">His majesty was first diagnosed with cancer in February 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">King Charles has been extremely transparent and open about his cancer diagnosis, a major change from previous monarchs\u2014including his mother, Queen Elizabeth II\u2014who preferred to keep their health private.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">But apparently Queen Camilla was not on board with her husband&#8217;s decision to open up about his diagnosis with the public. Per <em data-node-id=\"3.1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/king-charles-prostate-cancer-health-kqxjb53c8\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/king-charles-prostate-cancer-health-kqxjb53c8\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Times\" data-node-id=\"3.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">The Times<\/a><\/em>, &#8220;It can now be revealed that when the King learnt he had cancer nearly two years ago, his wife initially believed his diagnosis should remain private, as she feared the toll public scrutiny of his health might take on his recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Apparently, Camilla felt that &#8220;once the door on it had been opened, it could never be closed,&#8221; but now she realizes King Charles made the right choice. Per a source, &#8220;Both of them now unequivocally think that being so open has been hugely positive \u2014 positive for public engagement with raising awareness around cancer and also personally for him in terms of how public good has come from personal misfortune.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">King Charles actually <em data-node-id=\"7.1\">just<\/em> gave an update about his treatment, saying earlier this month &#8220;Today I am able to share with you the good news that thanks 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. This milestone is both a personal blessing and a testimony to the remarkable advances that have been made in cancer care in recent years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">A spokesperson for the King also told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/12\/uk\/king-charles-cancer-message-intl\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/12\/uk\/king-charles-cancer-message-intl\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"CNN\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">celebrity.land<\/a> that &#8220;His Majesty has responded exceptionally well to treatment and his doctors advise that ongoing measures will now move into a precautionary phase. This position will be continuously monitored and reviewed to protect and prioritize his continued recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-xmoip0 e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-as8qcb e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">Related Story<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cosmopolitan.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources say Queen Camilla didn&#8217;t want King Charles to reveal his cancer diagnosis to the public. Charles just announced that he&#8217;ll be scaling back treatment in 2026. His majesty was first diagnosed with cancer in February 2024. King Charles has been extremely transparent and open about his cancer diagnosis, a major change from previous monarchs\u2014including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2203241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[274717,425323,285977,285684,425322],"class_list":["post-2203240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-e81121d5-ce92-4907-9969-d0b90a12ccd6","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-camilla-wanted-to-keep-charles-cancer-secret"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Queen-Camilla-Wanted-King-Charles-to-Keep-Cancer-Secret.pjpeg.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203242,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203240\/revisions\/2203242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}