16-05-2025
King Charles Opens Up About Cancer at Palace Garden Party
King Charles connected with one of his guests over the shared experience of undergoing cancer treatment during a recent garden party at Buckingham Palace. According to The Telegraph, Stamford Collis, 22, an international relations student at Exeter University who is also undergoing cancer treatment, said, 'He was asking me about the treatment I have starting in June and spoke to me about food and diet. He also asked me if I had undergone radiation treatment, which I had earlier this year.'
'It's sometimes about the diet and what you eat. It can help,' the King said, per the news report.
Collis was among more than 7,000 guests at Buckingham Palace on May 14 for a garden party honoring education professionals. The royals' garden party season kicked off on May 7. The sovereign usually hosts a few at Buckingham Palace and at least one at Holyroodhouse in Scotland, honoring members of the public for community service.
King Charles first disclosed his cancer diagnosis in February 2024, but Buckingham Palace said they would not be sharing what type of cancer Charles has, only specifying it was not prostate cancer. At the end of last year, a Palace source confirmed to T&C: 'His treatment has been moving in a positive direction and as a managed condition the treatment cycle will continue into next year.'
There have been no updates on King Charles's this year, though on a recent outing in Northern Ireland, he shared some advice with cancer patients. During his visit to Ulster University, the King asked those who were undergoing treatment if they were managing to 'survive the side effects alright,' saying, 'You just have to push on, don't you.'
The King was later briefly hospitalized in March due to 'temporary side effects" from his ongoing cancer treatment. The Palace did not specify the nature of the side effects.
The King has continued to press on with his schedule. Following a short visit to Italy in April, which included a meeting with Pope Francis shortly before his passing, the King and Queen announced they will take undertake a two-day royal visit to Canada between May 26 and 27. The trip will mark King Charles's 20th visit to Canada and Queen Camilla's fifth, with their most recent trip taking place in 2022. It will also be Charles's first time in the country as its head of state.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited the King to open Canada's 45th parliament with a Throne Speech. After an election, the new parliamentary session typically opens with the governor general reading the Speech from the Throne on behalf of the prime minister. Delivered in Canada's Senate, the speech outlines the government's agenda. It is rare for the head of state to read the Throne Speech; the last time was in October 1977, when Queen Elizabeth II did so for the second time. Her first was in 1957.
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