Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles has been admitted to a private hospital in London to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate. The procedure is set to take place at the London Clinic, the same hospital where Catherine, the Princess of Wales had surgery last week. Although it is not yet known how long the King will remain in hospital, it is understood that he visited his daughter-in-law in the hospital before his own scheduled treatment. Queen Camilla was also seen with the monarch at the hospital in Marylebone.
King Charles had chosen to make his health problem public in an effort to encourage other men to get their prostates checked, which led to a surge in searches on the NHS website. A Buckingham Palace statement indicated that the King was “delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness”. He also expressed his gratitude to those who “sent their good wishes”.
A benign prostate problem, which is non-cancerous, is known to be common in older men, with around one in three men over the age of 50 exhibiting some symptoms of an enlarged prostate. However, the medical treatment required for this condition is not significant enough to require any constitutional changes for the King’s role as head of state. As such, there won’t be a need for “counsellors of state” who can stand in when a monarch is seriously ill.
This health news comes as his daughter-in-law Catherine continues to recuperate from her abdominal surgery. Although it was expected that the Princess would recover for several months at home in Windsor, she’s not expected to resume any official duties until after Easter. Meanwhile, it was also revealed this week that Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer. This news came during her treatment for breast cancer that she was diagnosed with last summer. A spokesman for the Duchess said she will undergo further investigations to ensure that the melanoma has been caught in its early stages
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