Camilla found it ‘difficult’ keeping king’s cancer diagnosis private before announcement
Queen Camilla revealed the personal difficulty of maintaining secrecy regarding King Charles's cancer diagnosis before it was made public in early 2024. She shared her experience during a video marking the 30th anniversary of the cancer support charity Maggie's.
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Queen Camilla reflects on the period that followed King Charles’s cancer diagnosis in video celebrating 30 years of the charity Maggie’s, of which she is the president. Photograph: @RoyalFamily/Buckingham Palace/PA Queen Camilla reflects on the period that followed King Charles’s cancer diagnosis in video celebrating 30 years of the charity Maggie’s, of which she is the president. Photograph: @RoyalFamily/Buckingham Palace/PA Queen Camilla Camilla found it ‘difficult’ keeping king’s cancer diagnosis private before announcement In video celebrating Maggie’s cancer charity, queen recalls ‘longing to let it out’ on visit to centre in 2024
Prefer the Guardian on Google The queen has spoken for the first time of how difficult she found it to keep King Charles’s cancer a secret before it was announced publicly.
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