Queen Camilla makes unannounced appearance at Women's Prize literature event amid 'incurable' cancer fears for King Charles
Queen Camilla has made a solo appearance at a major royal engagement following a bombshell report claiming King Charles' cancer is 'incurable'.
The Queen stunned fans after she made the surprise appearance at a special event in Bloomsbury to celebrate 30 years of the Women's Prize for Fiction on Wednesday.
Camilla, 77, has made literacy a key area of her royal duties and took to the lectern to deliver a short speech congratulating this year's nominees.
"The Queen has joined brilliant authors at a special event for the Women's Prize for Fiction in Bedford Square this afternoon,' Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
"Ahead of their Awards ceremony tomorrow, Her Majesty met this year's @WomensPrize shortlisted authors, judges and past winners, before addressing guests to congratulate them on the past three decades of incredible storytelling."
Camilla's solo appearance comes days after a sobering update about King Charles' ongoing cancer treatment.
The 76-year-old monarch has been battling an undisclosed form of the disease for the past eighteen months.
According to report by veteran royal insider Camilla Tonminey, sources inside the palace believe the King's cancer is at bay but ultimately incurable.
'The talk now is that he may die 'with' cancer, but not 'of' cancer following a rigorous treatment program,' she revealed in The Telegraph newspaper on Friday.
The King's cancer was discovered during an unrelated medical procedure to treat an enlarged prostate in January 2024, coincidentally at the same hospital where Princess Catherine had stomach surgery which revealed she also had cancer.
The King's diagnosis occurred just months after his own coronation and saw Charles curtail duties for several months to undergo treatment.
Charles has not disclosed what type of cancer he is suffering from or what stage the disease is at, but Buckingham Palace has continued to sporadically update the media that the monarch is doing well.
Nevertheless, concerns for Charles increased again in March after the palace revealed the monarch was briefly hospitalised due to 'side effects' from his treatment.
Prince Harry inadvertently stoked further speculation about the King's health during a recent interview with the BBC in which he claimed he was unsure how long his father 'had left to live' amid their estrangement.
The report comes as Charles has resumed a rigorous diary of engagements and overseas travel, including recent trips to Commonwealth nations Australia, Samoa and Canada.
All eyes will return to Buckingham Palace's famed balcony on Saturday where Charles, Camilla and the entire royal family will gather for the annual Trooping the Colour fly over.
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