The King’s cancer diagnosis early in 2024 marked the start of what his eldest son the Prince of Wales described as the most “brutal” year with the Princess of Wales also being diagnosed with cancer.

News that Charles’s schedule of treatment is being reduced in the new year will be of welcome relief to the royal family, especially in the run up to the Christmas holidays.

Kate is in remission after finishing her chemotherapy treatment last year, and now the monarch’s recovery is said to have reached a very positive stage.

Charles was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 75 and less than a year and a half into his reign.

The disease was discovered while he was having a corrective procedure for a benign enlarged prostate, for which he spent three nights in hospital.

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