Although King Charles and Queen Camilla have made it through this very challenging time together, there have been reports of an ‘ongoing battle’ between them.

Despite being diagnosed with a form of cancer earlier this year, Charles continues to perform a packed schedule of royal engagements. A friend of Queen Camilla’s claimed that she is “deeply unhappy” with her husband’s busy schedule and instead wants him to focus on recovering.

“Camilla would have been deeply unhappy that having only begun his holiday on Monday, he broke it off on Tuesday to do an incredibly intense engagement,” the friend told the Daily Beast.

“Of course, she understands it was very important, and there is no way she would try to tell Charles what to do, but it seems to be extraordinary timing. She wants him to slow down, she is afraid he is working too hard, and that’s before you even get to the Australia tour.”

King Charles shares heartfelt health update

Another friend said: “She has been trying to encourage him to slow down. Of course, he wants to keep cracking on, but she is afraid that doing too much could set him back.”

To everybody’s joy, today King Charles has returned to performing his royal duties. The king and queen have often appeared together since his cancer was revealed and on Wednesday the monarch hosted an event at Buckingham Palace, meeting with New Zealand’s women’s rugby union team.

Just as for Kate Middleton’s cancer and previous abdominal surgery, official updates from the Palace have been very few. However, when King Charles hosted the event at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, he briefly mentioned his health. The monarch explained to the players that he won’t be able to travel to their country during the upcoming tour to Oceania because of the “doctor’s orders.”

“I am extremely sorry I can’t come to New Zealand in later October because of doctor’s orders. But I hope there will be another excuse before too long,” Charles said, as per the Express.

“But in the meantime, give my love to New Zealand, please, and New Zealanders, we get lots of nice Kiwi coming here in this part of the world as well, so we are very lucky indeed.”

King Charles added: “And I hope you make the most of your time in the team because you don’t stay young for very long, as I discovered, it all goes quicker than you think.”

King Charles & Queen Camilla set for overseas trip

The October trip to Australia and Samoa will be King Charles’ first major overseas trip as king. Just a short while ago, Buckingham Palace revealed details about the tour, and it’s easy to say it will be a packed number of days

“Their Majesties, The King and Queen, will undertake an Autumn tour from Friday 18th to Saturday 26th October 2024,” a Palace spokesperson said. “This will include a royal visit to Australia, State Visit to the Independent State of Samoa and attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024.” The program will be structured around celebrating the host countries as well as reflecting the King and Queen’s interests and work.

“The King, who has this year been receiving treatment for cancer, will meet Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scoyler, both Australians of the Year, and will hear about the work they do to help those affected by melanoma, one of Australia’s most common cancers.”

While a major overseas tour includes a packet schedule each and every day, this time, there will be some significant differences.

“Adaptions have been made”

The monarch will face “very clear adaptations,” which will be a “big contrast” compared to when his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, visited Australia,” according to royal expert Cameron Walker.

“The late Queen Elizabeth visited every state of Australia, every territory including seven capital cities and 70 towns in 58 days,” Walker told GB News. “In contrast, the King is going to be spending, we understand, less than a week in Australia and he’s only going to be visiting Sydney and Canberra.”

Cameron continued: “As we knew, doctors had given the King the green light to travel. It is going to be the first long-haul travel the King has done since his cancer diagnosis. But it’s very clear from the information I’ve received this afternoon that adaptions have been made. For example, New Zealand originally was on the agenda for the King and Queen to travel to – that has now been ruled out on doctor’s advice.”

“Because he’s been mindful that he’s undergoing cancer treatments, he’s also going to be spending some time at an engagement to do with melanoma and cancer treatment,” the royal expert added.