King Charles III had another health scare. Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday, March 27, that the King was hospitalized after experiencing side effects from his cancer treatment.
According to the palace, the King has since returned to his home in Clarence House, where he has resumed his work on state papers and making calls from his study. The King was originally set to complete four events in Birmingham on Friday, however, he’s since canceled his engagements on medical advice. Meetings with three ambassadors on March 27 were also canceled due to the King’s health.
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“Tomorrow, he was due to undertake four public engagements in Birmingham and is greatly disappointed to be missing them on this occasion,” the palace said in a statement. “He very much hopes that they can be rescheduled in due course and offers his deepest apologies to all those who had worked so hard to make the planned visit possible.”
A palace source described the King’s hospitalization to BBC as the “most minor bump in a road that is very much heading in the right direction.” BBC also reported that the King was “feeling good” on Thursday after returning home from the hospital as he carried out work and shared dinner with his wife, Queen Camilla. The Queen, for her part, attended a reception in Wembley in north London on Thursday while the King was in the hospital.
BBC also reported that there was no drama with the King’s hospitalization as he went to the London Clinic hospital in central London by car, not an ambulance.
What were King Charles’ side effects from his cancer?
While Buckingham Palace didn’t confirm the exact side effects the King was experiencing, In Touch Weekly reported in March 2024 that the royal was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
According to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, common side effects of pancreatic cancer treatment include changes in taste; constipation; diarrhea or abdominal cramping; fatigue; hair lossl hand and foot syndrome; loss of appetite; mouth sores; nail changes; nausea and vomiting; neuropathy; skinrash, redness or irriation; and lowered white blood cell counts, red blood cells counts, and blood platelet counts.
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